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Genesis 2:20-22
Lexham English Bible

20 And the man[a] gave names[b] to every domesticated animal and to the birds of heaven[c] and to all the wild animals.[d] But for the man there was not found a helper as his counterpart.[e] 21 And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man.[f] While[g] he slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh where it had been.[h] 22 And Yahweh God fashioned the rib which he had taken from the man[i] into a woman and brought her to the man.[j]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:20 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  2. Genesis 2:20 Literally “called names”
  3. Genesis 2:20 Or “the sky”
  4. Genesis 2:20 Literally “animals of the earth/land”
  5. Genesis 2:20 Literally “as his opposite”
  6. Genesis 2:21 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  7. Genesis 2:21 Or “And”
  8. Genesis 2:21 Literally “the flesh in the place of it”
  9. Genesis 2:22 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  10. Genesis 2:22 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
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