Genesis 2:23

וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאָדָם זֹאת הַפַּעַם עֶצֶם מֵֽעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי לְזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻֽקֳחָה ־ זֹּֽאת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

22וַיִּבֶן יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים ׀ אֶֽת ־ הַצֵּלָע אֲשֶׁר ־ לָקַח מִן ־ הָֽאָדָם לְאִשָּׁה וַיְבִאֶהָ אֶל ־ הָֽאָדָֽם ׃

24עַל ־ כֵּן יַֽעֲזָב ־ אִישׁ אֶת ־ אָבִיו וְאֶת ־ אִמּוֹ וְדָבַק בְּאִשְׁתּוֹ וְהָיוּ לְבָשָׂר אֶחָֽד ׃

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Cross References

Judges 9:2דַּבְּרוּ ־ נָא בְּאָזְנֵי כָל ־ בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם מַה ־ טּוֹב לָכֶם הַמְשֹׁל בָּכֶם שִׁבְעִים אִישׁ כֹּל בְּנֵי יְרֻבַּעַל אִם ־ מְשֹׁל בָּכֶם אִישׁ אֶחָד וּזְכַרְתֶּם כִּֽי ־ עַצְמֵכֶם וּבְשַׂרְכֶם אָנִֽי ׃

2 Samuel 19:13אַחַי אַתֶּם עַצְמִי וּבְשָׂרִי אַתֶּם וְלָמָּה תִהְיוּ אַחֲרֹנִים לְהָשִׁיב אֶת ־ הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃

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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