Genesis 2:22

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam.

Free Bible Version

The Lord God made a woman, using the rib he'd taken from Adam, and presented her to Adam.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

Adonai God refined and fashioned an 'ishah ·wife woman· from the rib which had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

Plain English Version

Then God used the man’s rib bone and made a woman from it. After the man woke up, God took the woman over to the man.

Translation for Translators

Yahweh then made a woman from the rib that he had taken from the man’s body, and he brought her to the man.

Unlocked Literal Bible

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

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

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

Young's Literal Translation

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;

Context

Man and Woman in the Garden

²¹So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.²²And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him. ²³And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”

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Summary

In Genesis 2:22, we see the beautiful account of God creating Eve from Adam's rib while he was in a deep sleep. This act of creation highlights the intimate connection and unity between man and woman, emphasizing the importance of marriage and the divine institution of family. It also symbolizes the complementary nature of male and female, reflecting God's design for relationships and the foundation of human society. This verse showcases God's wisdom and creativity in forming the first human couple, setting the stage for the establishment of marriage as a sacred union blessed by God.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he woman,.... It is commonly observed, and pertinently enough, that the woman was not made from the superior part of man, that she might not be thought to be above him, and have power over him; nor from any inferior part, as being below him, and to be trampled on by him; but out of his side, and from one of his ribs, that she might appear to be equal to him; and from a part near his heart, and under his arms, to show that she should be affectionately loved by him, and be always under his care and protection: and she was not "created" as things were, out of nothing, nor "formed" as Adam was, out of the dust of the earth, being in the same form as man; but "made" out of refined and quickened dust, or the flesh and bones of man, and so in her make and constitution fine and lovely; or "built" (n), as the word signifies, which is used, because she is the foundation of the house or family, and the means of building it up: or rather to denote the singular care and art used, and fit proportion observed in the make of her: and brought her unto the man: from the place where the rib had been carried, and she was made of it; or he brought her, as the parent of her, at whose dispose she was, and presented her to Adam as his spouse, to be taken into a conjugal relation with him, and to be loved and cherished by him; which, as it affords a rule and example to be followed by parents and children, the one to dispose of their children in marriage, and the other to have the consent of their parents in it; as well as it is a recommendation of marriage, as agreeable to the divine will, and to be esteemed honourable, being of God: so it was a type of the marriage of Christ, the second Adam, between him and his church, which sprung from him, from his side; and is of the same nature with him, and was presented by his divine Father to him, who gave her to him; and he received her to himself as his spouse and bride; see Eph 5:29. (n) "et aedificavit", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Piscator, &c.