Genesis 2:22

With the rib that Yahweh God had taken from the man, he made a woman and brought her to the man.

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And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

In Context

21Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, so the man slept. Yahweh God took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh where he took the rib.

23The man said, 1 “This time, this one is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. 1 She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of man.”

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Cross References

Genesis 2:19Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the sky. Then he brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

Proverbs 18:22He who finds a wife finds a good thing 1 and receives favor from Yahweh. 1

1 Corinthians 11:8For man was not made from woman. Instead, woman was made from man.

Hebrews 13:4Let marriage be respected by everyone. Let the marriage bed be pure, for God will judge the sexually immoral people 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 →

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