Genesis 2:22

He made a woman out of the rib and he brought her to him.

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In The King James Version

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

In Context

21Then Yahweh God made the man go to sleep. He went fast asleep and while he was sleeping Yahweh God took a rib from him and closed up his flesh.

23The man said, “Ah! Here is someone like me! My bone is in her, and also my flesh. Yahweh God has made this person from a man today, so her name is ‘Woman.’”

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Cross References

Genesis 2:19So Yahweh God took some soil and made animals and birds out of it. He brought the animals and birds to the man so that he could name them all.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 2:22-25

The Formation of Eve; Marriage Instituted. ( b. c. 4004.) 21 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; 22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his… Read the whole commentary →

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