Genesis 2:22
And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
Majority Standard Bible
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
Cross References
Genesis 2:19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
Proverbs 18:22He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
1 Corinthians 11:8For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.
Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral 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 →