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Genesis 2:21-24
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 2:21-24
Contemporary English Version
21 So the Lord God made him fall into a deep sleep, and he took out one of the man's ribs. Then after closing the man's side, 22 the Lord made a woman out of the rib.
The Lord God brought her to the man, 23 and the man exclaimed,
“Here is someone like me!
She is part of my body,
my own flesh and bones.
She came from me, a man.
So I will name her Woman!”[a]
24 (A) That's why a man will leave his own father and mother. He marries a woman, and the two of them become like one person.
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- 2.23 a man … Woman: In Hebrew the words “man” and “woman” are similar.
Genesis 2:21-24
New International Version
Genesis 2:21-24
New International Version
21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep;(A) and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[a] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[b](B) he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The man said,
“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;(C)
she shall be called(D) ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.(E)”
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(F) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(G)
Footnotes
- Genesis 2:21 Or took part of the man’s side
- Genesis 2:22 Or part
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