Genesis 2:22
From the bone he made a woman, he took her to the man.
Nyangumarta (portions)
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
23Then the man said, “At last! This one is like me! He made her from my body. Her name is 'Woman'.”
Cross References
Genesis 2:19Already God had made all the animals and winged creatures from the ground. He brought them to the man to give them names. That man gave names to the animals and winged creatures and other creatures. They kept the names in accord with the man's word. Among them all there was not one like the man, a companion for him.
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 →