21 ¶ Therefore the Lord God caused an heavy sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in stead thereof.

22 And the rib which the Lord God had taken from the man, [a]made he a [b]woman, and brought her to the man.

23 Then the man said, (A)This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called [c]woman, because she was taken out of the man.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:22 Hebrew, built.
  2. Genesis 2:22 Signifying that mankind was perfect, when the woman was created, which before was like an imperfect building.
  3. Genesis 2:23 Or, Manness, because she cometh of man: for in Hebrew Ish is man, and Ishah the woman.

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