Genesis 2:23

And the adam said, 1 This is now etzem of my etzem, 1 and basar of my basar; 1 she shall be called Isha, 1 because she was taken out of Ish.

Orthodox Jewish 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 the tzela (rib), which Hashem Elohim had taken from the adam, made He an isha, and brought her unto the adam.

24Therefore shall an ish leave his av and his em, and shall cleave unto his isha: and they shall be basar echad.

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Cross References

Judges 9:2Speak, now, in the ears of all the ba'alei Shechem, Which is better for you, either that all the Bnei Yeruba'al, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one man reign over you? Remember also that I am your etzem (bone) and your basar (flesh).

2 Samuel 19:13Ye are my brethren, ye are my atzmot and my basar; why then are ye the last ones to bring back HaMelech?

Ephesians 5:28So also the ba'alim ought to show ahavah for their own nashim as their own gufim; + 5:28 Gn 2:23-24 the one with ahavah for his own isha has ahavah for 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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