Holy BibleKing James Version

Genesis 2:22 KJV

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

Genesis 2:22, King James Version

In context

21 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;

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

23 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.

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Cross-references

  • 1 Corinthians 11:8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
  • 1 Timothy 2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
  • Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.