Genesis 2:23

And Adam said, This now is bone + 2:23 Or, out of. See the force of ἐκ in Eph. 5. 30.of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called + 2:23 Or, wife.woman, because she was taken out + 2:23 In the Heb. the reason of the name appears. She shall be called Issha because she was taken out of Ish.of her husband.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22And God + 2:22 Gr. built.formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam.

24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall + 2:24 Gr. be cemented. Mat. 19. 5.cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

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Cross References

Judges 9:2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Sychem, saying, Which is better for you, that seventy men, even all the sons of Jerobaal, should reign over you, or that one man should reign over you? and remember that I am your bone and your flesh.

2 Samuel 19:13Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: why are ye the last to bring back the king to his house?

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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