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22 The Lord God used the rib from the man to make a woman, and then he brought the woman to the man.

23 And the man said,

“Now, this is someone whose bones came from my bones,
    whose body came from my body.
I will call her ‘woman,’
    because she was taken out of man.”

24 So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.

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22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[a](A) he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

23 The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;(B)
she shall be called(C) ‘woman,’
    for she was taken out of man.(D)

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(E) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:22 Or part