Genesis 2:23

And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”

Majority Standard Bible

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 from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

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Cross References

Judges 9:2“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”

2 Samuel 19:13And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

Ephesians 5:28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

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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