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Man and Woman in the Garden

Genesis 2:22

In 11 translations

BSB
And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
KJV
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.made: Heb. builded
WEB
Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
ASV
and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
LSV
And YHWH God builds up the rib which He has taken out of the man into a woman, and brings her to the man;
YLT
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;
DBY
And Jehovah Elohim built the rib that he had taken from Man into a woman; and brought her to Man.
DRC
And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam.
GNV
And the ribbe which the Lord God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her to the man.
JPS
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from the man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man.
LXXE
And God formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam.Gr. built.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּבֶן֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ אֶֽת־הַצֵּלָ֛ע אֲשֶׁר־לָקַ֥ח מִן־הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וַיְבִאֶ֖הָ אֶל־הָֽאָדָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὴν πλευρὰν, ἣν ἔλαβεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀδὰμ εἰς γυναῖκα· καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτὴν πρὸς τὸν Ἀδάμ.

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👤 God◆ Creation of Adam and Eve

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Corinthians 11:8–9For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
  • 1 Timothy 2:13For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.
  • Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
  • Proverbs 18:22He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
  • Proverbs 19:14Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
  • Genesis 2:19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that…
  • Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

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