Genesis 2:22

And YHWH God builds up the rib which He has taken out of the man into a woman, and brings her to the man;

Literal Standard Version

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

21And YHWH God causes a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he sleeps, and He takes one of his ribs, and closes up flesh in its stead.

23and the man says, “This at last! Bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!” For this is called Woman, for this has been taken from Man;

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Cross References

Genesis 2:19And YHWH God forms from the ground every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens, and brings [them] to the man, to see what he calls it; and whatever the man calls a living creature, that [is] its name.

Proverbs 18:22[Whoever] has found a wife has found good, || And brings out goodwill from YHWH.

1 Corinthians 11:8for a man is not of a woman, but a woman [is] of a man,

Hebrews 13:4The marriage [is to be] honored by all, and the bed undefiled, for God will judge whoremongers and adulterers.

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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