19 (A)Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and (B)brought them to [a]Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:19 Or the man

19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals(A) and all the birds in the sky.(B) He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called(C) each living creature,(D) that was its name.

Read full chapter

23 And Adam said:

“This is now (A)bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called [a]Woman,
Because she was (B)taken out of [b]Man.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ishshah
  2. Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ish

23 The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;(A)
she shall be called(B) ‘woman,’
    for she was taken out of man.(C)

Read full chapter