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21 And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man.[a] While[b] he slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh where it had been.[c] 22 And Yahweh God fashioned the rib which he had taken from the man[d] into a woman and brought her to the man.[e] 23 And the man[f] said,

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

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:21 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  2. Genesis 2:21 Or “And”
  3. Genesis 2:21 Literally “the flesh in the place of it”
  4. Genesis 2:22 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  5. Genesis 2:22 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  6. Genesis 2:23 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  7. Genesis 2:23 Literally “this one the time”
  8. Genesis 2:23 Literally “this one
  9. Genesis 2:23 Literally “this one was taken”