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Genesis 2:23-24 KJV
Genesis · chapter 2 · verses 23–24
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.Genesis 2:23-24 · King James Version
Genesis 2:23-24 in context
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.
25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Commentary
Cross references
- Ephesians 5:28-30
- 1 Corinthians 11:8-9
- 2 Samuel 5:1
- Matthew 19:3-9
- Ephesians 5:28-31
- Mark 10:6-12
- Romans 7:2
- 1 Peter 3:1-7
- 1 Corinthians 6:16-17
- 1 Corinthians 7:2-4
- Proverbs 31:10
Key words (Strong's)
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- motherʼêma motherH517 →
- cleavedâbaqproperly, to impingeH1692 →
- fleshbâsârfleshH1320 →
- Womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
- takenlâqachto takeH3947 →
- leaveʻâzabto loosenH5800 →
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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