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Genesis 2:22

American Standard Version

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

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Genesis 2:22 in other translations

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

Genesis 2:22 · World English Bible

Genesis 2:22 in context

  1. 20And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him.
  2. 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:
  3. 22and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
  4. 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.
  5. 24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.