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


In Context

19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh.

22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib 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; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man."

24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Genesis 2:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:22And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:22and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:22And Jehovah Elohim built the rib that he had taken from Man into a woman; and brought her to Man.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:22and the rib, which the LORD God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, he made woman, and brought her to the man.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:22He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her to the man.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:22And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her to the man.