Genesis 2:22

“And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Genesis 2:22

And the rib which the LORD God had taken from man, made hee a woman, & brought her vnto the man.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.
- Basic English Bible

And Jehovah Elohim built the rib that he had taken from Man into a woman; and brought her to Man.
- Darby Bible

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, he made woman, and brought her to the man.
- Webster's Bible

He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her to the man.
- World English Bible

And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man;
- Youngs Literal Bible

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from the man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible Commentary for Genesis 2:22

Wesley's Notes for Genesis 2:22


2:21-22 This was done upon the sixth day, as was also the placing of Adam in paradise, though it be here mentioned after an account of the seventh day's rest: but what was said in general, #Ge 1:27|, that God made man male and female is more distinctly related here, God caused the sleep to fall on Adam, and made it a deep sleep, that so the opening of his side might be no grievance to him: while he knows no sin, God will take care he shall feel no pain.

2:23 And Adam said, this is now bone of my bones - Probably it was revealed to Adam in a vision, when he was asleep, that this lovely creature, now presented to him, was a piece of himself and was to be his companion, and the wife of his covenant - In token of his acceptance of her, he gave her a name, not peculiar to her, but common to her sex; she shall be called woman, Isha, a She - man, differing from man in sex only, not in nature; made of man, and joined to man.

2:24 The sabbath and marriage were two ordinances instituted in innocency, the former for the preservation of the church, the latter for the preservation of mankind. It appears by #Mt 19:4|,5, that it was God himself who said here, a man must leave all his relations to cleave to his wife; but whether he spake it by Moses or by Adam who spake, #Ge 2:23 is uncertain: It should seem they are the words of| Adam in God's name, laying down this law to all his posterity. The virtue of a divine ordinance, and the bonds of it, are stronger even than those of nature. See how necessary it is that children should take their parents consent with them in their marriage; and how unjust they are to their parents, as well as undutiful, if they marry without it; for they rob them of their right to them, and interest in them, and alienate it to another fraudulently and unnaturally.


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