Genesis 2:23

The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."

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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

22He made the rib, which the Lord God had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her to the man.

24Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

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Cross References

Judges 9:2"Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, 'Is it better for you that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?' Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.'"

2 Samuel 19:13Say to Amasa, 'Aren't you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren't captain of the army before me continually in the room of Joab.'"

Ephesians 5:28Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves 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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