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23 The human[a] said,

“This one finally is bone from my bones
        and flesh from my flesh.
She will be called a woman[b]
        because from a man[c] she was taken.”

24 This is the reason that a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife, and they become one flesh. 25 The two of them were naked, the man and his wife, but they weren’t embarrassed.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:23 Or man (Heb adam)
  2. Genesis 2:23 Or wife (Heb ishshah)
  3. Genesis 2:23 Or husband (Heb ish)

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