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Genesis 2:22 KJV
Genesis · chapter 2 · verse 22
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.Genesis 2:22 · King James Version
Genesis 2:22 in context
20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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Key words (Strong's)
- broughtbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- takenlâqachto takeH3947 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- madebânâhto buildH1129 →
- ribtsêlâʻa rib , literally or figuratively (of a doorH6763 →
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Here we have, I. The making of the woman, to be a help-meet for Adam. This was done upon the sixth day, as was also the placing of Adam in paradise, though it is here mentioned after an account of the seventh day's rest;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-25