Genesis 2:21

And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:

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In The King James Version

And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

In Context

20And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.

22And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:12Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.

Job 4:13In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,

Proverbs 19:15Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 2:19-21

Adam's Dominion. ( b. c. 4004.) 18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet… Read the whole commentary →

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