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The authority to name something is unique to humanity. To name is to share in God’s creative act.

21 So the Eternal God put him into a deep sleep, removed a rib from his side, and closed the flesh around the opening. 22 He formed a woman from the rib taken out of the man and presented her to him.

23 Adam: At last, a suitable companion, a perfect partner.
        Bone from my bones.
    Flesh from my flesh.
        I will call this one “woman” as an eternal reminder
        that she was taken out of man.

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