Genesis 2:23

Then the human said, ‘This now is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, for from man she was taken.’

Open English Bible (UK)

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

22With the rib which he had taken from the human, the Lord built up a woman and brought her to the human.

24For this reason a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and the two become one flesh.

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:28That is how husbands ought to love their wives – as if they were their own bodies. A man who loves his wife is really loving 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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