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23 And the man[a] said,

She is now[b] bone from my bones
    and flesh from my flesh;
she[c] shall be called ‘Woman,’
    for she was taken[d] from man.”

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh. 25 And the man[e] and his wife, both of them, were naked, and they were not ashamed.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:23 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  2. Genesis 2:23 Literally “this one the time”
  3. Genesis 2:23 Literally “this one
  4. Genesis 2:23 Literally “this one was taken”
  5. Genesis 2:25 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article