Genesis 2:21–23
And 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;
And the LORD God caused a deepe sleepe to fall vpon Adam, and hee slept; and he tooke one of his ribs, and closed vp the flesh in stead thereof.
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
And the rib which the LORD God had taken from man, †made hee a woman, & brought her vnto the man.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. builded.
And 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.
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shalbe called woman, because shee was *taken out of man.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-reference1.Corin. 11.8.
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From verse 21
- Genesis 15:12Rank 1 from verse 21
- 1 Samuel 26:12Rank 3 from verse 21
12So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them.
12So Dauid tooke the speare and the cruse of water from Sauls bolster, and they gate them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleepe, because a deepe sleepe from the LORD was fallen vpon them.
- Daniel 8:18Rank 4 from verse 21
- Proverbs 19:15Rank 6 from verse 21
From verse 22
- 1 Corinthians 11:8–9Rank 1 from verse 22
- 1 Timothy 2:13Rank 2 from verse 22
- Hebrews 13:4Rank 3 from verse 22
- Proverbs 18:22Rank 4 from verse 22
- Proverbs 19:14Rank 5 from verse 22
- Genesis 2:19Rank 6 from verse 22
19And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
19And out of y e ground the LORD God formed euery beast of the field, and euery foule of the aire, and brought them vnto ‖Adam, to see what he would call them: and whatsoeuer Adam called euery liuing creature, that was the name thereof.
- Psalms 127:1Rank 7 from verse 22
From verse 23
- Ephesians 5:28–30Rank 1 from verse 23
28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
28So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: hee that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe.
29For no man euer yet hated his owne flesh: but nourisheth and cherisheth it, euen as the Lord the Church:
30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
- 1 Corinthians 11:8–9Rank 2 from verse 23
- 2 Samuel 5:1Rank 3 from verse 23
- Genesis 29:14Rank 4 from verse 23
- Judges 9:2Rank 5 from verse 23
2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
2Speake, I pray you, in the eares of all the men of Shechem; †Whether is better for you, either that all the sonnes of Ierubbaal ( which are threescore and ten persons) reigne ouer you, or that one reigne ouer you? Remember also, that I am your bone, and your flesh.
- 2 Samuel 19:13Rank 6 from verse 23
13And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
13And say ye to Amasa: Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captaine of the hoste before me continually in the roome of Ioab.
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Genesis 2:21
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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The one true God.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of cause, meaning to make something happen.
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Sense 1: Great in depth, or a place far beneath the surface. Sense 2: The sea, an abyss of waters, or deep waters. Sense 3: Profound, hidden, or difficult to reach or understand.
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Sense 1: Natural bodily rest with suspended waking activity; figuratively, inattention or inactivity; or death described as sleep. Sense 2: To rest in sleep; figuratively, to lie in death.
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Sense 1: To descend, drop, or lose an upright position. Sense 2: To be slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or brought down. Sense 3: To come upon or attack. Sense 4: To pass into a specified place, condition, power, or course, or to depart from a former standing. Sense 5: To happen, turn out, or be allotted. Sense 6: As a noun, descent, overthrow, ruin, or loss of standing.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of sleep. Sense 1: Rested in natural sleep. Sense 2: By figure, lay in death.
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Curved bones forming the sides of the chest; by extension, the corresponding parts of the side or torso.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of close, meaning to shut, fasten, enclose, end, or bring together with no opening.
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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.
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In the place or room of another.
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Of that or those previously mentioned; of it or of them.
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Genesis 2:22
One of the curved bones forming the sides of the chest; by extension in the phrase under the fifth rib, the corresponding part of the side or torso.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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The one true God.
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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 2:23
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.
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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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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.
20And Adam †gaue names to all cattell, and to the foule of the aire, and to euery beast of the fielde: but for Adam there was not found an helpe meete 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;
21And the LORD God caused a deepe sleepe to fall vpon Adam, and hee slept; and he tooke one of his ribs, and closed vp the flesh in stead thereof.
Selected passage22And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
22And the rib which the LORD God had taken from man, †made hee a woman, & brought her vnto the man.
Selected passage23And 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.
23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shalbe called woman, because shee was *taken out of man.
Selected passage24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
24*Therefore shall a man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue vnto his wife: and they shalbe one flesh.