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Genesis 2:22

Genesis chapter 2 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

Context

v.21And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:

v.22This passage

v.23And the man 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 18:22

    Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

  • Hebrews 13:4

    Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

  • Proverbs 19:14

    House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

  • Psalms 127:1

    Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.

  • Genesis 2:19

    And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:8

    For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man: