Genesis 2:21-25
1599 Geneva Bible
21 ¶ Therefore the Lord God caused an heavy sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in stead thereof.
22 And the rib which the Lord God had taken from the man, [a]made he a [b]woman, and brought her to the man.
23 Then the man said, (A)This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called [c]woman, because she was taken out of the man.
24 (B)Therefore shall man leave [d]his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and they were not [e]ashamed.
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- Genesis 2:22 Hebrew, built.
- Genesis 2:22 Signifying that mankind was perfect, when the woman was created, which before was like an imperfect building.
- Genesis 2:23 Or, Manness, because she cometh of man: for in Hebrew Ish is man, and Ishah the woman.
- Genesis 2:24 So that marriage requireth a greater duty of us toward our wives, than otherwise we are bound to show to our parents.
- Genesis 2:25 For before sin entered, all things were honest and comely.
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