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While the man slept, the LORD God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh at that place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he slept, He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And 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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So the LORD God made him fall into a deep sleep, and he took out one of the man's ribs. Then after closing the man's side, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD 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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So the LORD God caused him to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, the LORD God took out one of the man's ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then the LORD God made the man fall into a deep sleep, and while he was sleeping, he took out one of the man's ribs and closed up the flesh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />so the LORD God caused a deep sleep to overshadow the man. When the man was asleep, he removed one of the man's ribs and closed up the flesh where it had been. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man's side and closed up the place with flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh at that place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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 in its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH God causes a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he sleeps, and He takes one of his ribs, and closes up flesh in its stead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah God will cause to fall a deep sleep upon the man, and he will sleep; and he will take one of his ribs and will close up the flesh underneath it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And so the Lord God sent a deep sleep upon Adam. And when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and he completed it with flesh for it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So 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 place with flesh in its stead;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH God cast stillness on Adam and he slept, and he took one of his ribs and he closed the flesh in its place.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the place with flesh instead thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And God brought a trance upon Adam, and he slept, and he took one of his ribs, and filled up the flesh instead thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/2-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=470" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/2.htm">Man and Woman in the Garden</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">20</span>The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">So the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: way·yap·pêl (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">caused</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: hā·’ā·ḏām (Art:: N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">the man</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to fall into</a> <a href="/hebrew/8639.htm" title="8639: tar·dê·māh (N-fs) -- Deep sleep. From radam; a lethargy or trance.">a deep sleep,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3462.htm" title="3462: way·yî·šān (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To sleep. A primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. sleep; also to grow old, stale or inveterate.">and while he slept,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: way·yiq·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">He took</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’a·ḥaṯ (Number-fs) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">one</a> <a href="/hebrew/6763.htm" title="6763: miṣ·ṣal·‘ō·ṯāw (Prep-m:: N-fpc:: 3ms) -- Or tsaltah; from tsala'; a rib, literally or figuratively; hence, a side, literally or figuratively; architecturally, a timber or plank.">of the man’s ribs</a> <a href="/hebrew/5462.htm" title="5462: way·yis·gōr (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To shut, close. A primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender.">and closed up</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: taḥ·ten·nāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">the area</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bā·śār (N-ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">with flesh.</a> </span><span class="reftext">22</span>And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-27.htm">Genesis 1:27</a></span><br />So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/5-2.htm">Genesis 5:2</a></span><br />Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-4.htm">Matthew 19:4-6</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ / and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? / So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/10-6.htm">Mark 10:6-8</a></span><br />However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ / ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, / and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-8.htm">1 Corinthians 11:8-9</a></span><br />For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. / Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-28.htm">Ephesians 5:28-31</a></span><br />In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. / Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church. / For we are members of His body. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/2-13.htm">1 Timothy 2:13</a></span><br />For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-45.htm">1 Corinthians 15:45</a></span><br />So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-14.htm">Romans 5:14</a></span><br />Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-16.htm">1 Corinthians 6:16</a></span><br />Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-2.htm">1 Corinthians 7:2</a></span><br />But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-7.htm">1 Peter 3:7</a></span><br />Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/139-14.htm">Psalm 139:14</a></span><br />I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/33-6.htm">Job 33:6</a></span><br />I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-15.htm">Malachi 2:15</a></span><br />Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/15-12.htm">Genesis 15:12</a></b></br> And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/26-12.htm">1 Samuel 26:12</a></b></br> So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw <i>it</i>, nor knew <i>it</i>, neither awaked: for they <i>were</i> all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/4-13.htm">Job 4:13</a></b></br> In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/2-20.htm">Adam</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-22.htm">Bones</a> <a href="/genesis/2-5.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/genesis/2-15.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/revelation/21-25.htm">Closed</a> <a href="/job/26-9.htm">Closeth</a> <a href="/genesis/1-2.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/genesis/2-18.htm">Elohim</a> <a href="/revelation/17-10.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/revelation/19-21.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/2_john/1-12.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-5.htm">Joining</a> <a href="/daniel/7-5.htm">Ribs</a> <a href="/genesis/2-14.htm">Side</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-10.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/john/11-12.htm">Sleepeth</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm">Sleeping</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">Slept</a> <a href="/philemon/1-13.htm">Stead</a> <a href="/genesis/2-19.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/2-23.htm">Adam</a> <a href="/genesis/2-23.htm">Bones</a> <a href="/genesis/3-13.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/genesis/3-24.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/genesis/7-16.htm">Closed</a> <a href="/job/7-5.htm">Closeth</a> <a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/genesis/2-22.htm">Elohim</a> <a href="/genesis/9-2.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/genesis/2-23.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/genesis/4-25.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/exodus/26-3.htm">Joining</a> <a href="/exodus/30-4.htm">Ribs</a> <a href="/genesis/3-24.htm">Side</a> <a href="/genesis/15-12.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/genesis/41-5.htm">Sleepeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-47.htm">Sleeping</a> <a href="/genesis/16-4.htm">Slept</a> <a href="/genesis/22-13.htm">Stead</a> <a href="/genesis/3-5.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/2-1.htm">The first Sabbath.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/2-4.htm">Further details concerning the manner of creation.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/2-8.htm">The planting of the garden of Eden, and its situation;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/2-15.htm">man is placed in it; and the tree of knowledge forbidden.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/2-18.htm">The animals are named by Adam.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/2-21.htm">The making of woman, and the institution of marriage.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep</b><br>This phrase indicates divine intervention, where God actively participates in the creation process. The deep sleep signifies a state of unconsciousness, suggesting that Adam was entirely passive during this event. This mirrors other biblical instances where God uses sleep to perform significant acts, such as with Abram in <a href="/genesis/15-12.htm">Genesis 15:12</a>. Theologically, it underscores God's sovereignty and the idea that humanity is dependent on God for life and creation.<p><b>and while he slept</b><br>The state of sleep here is not just physical rest but a divine anesthesia, allowing God to perform a creative act without Adam's awareness or participation. This can be seen as a precursor to the concept of rest in the Sabbath, where God completes His work and humanity benefits from it. It also foreshadows the idea of spiritual rest found in Christ, as mentioned in <a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a>.<p><b>He took one of the man’s ribs</b><br>The choice of a rib is significant, symbolizing equality and partnership. The rib, being from the side, suggests that woman is neither above nor below man but alongside him. This act of taking a rib can be seen as a type of Christ, who was pierced in His side on the cross (<a href="/john/19-34.htm">John 19:34</a>), symbolizing the birth of the Church, His bride. The rib's removal and subsequent creation of woman highlight the intimate and purposeful design of human relationships.<p><b>and closed up the area with flesh</b><br>This phrase indicates God's meticulous care in creation, ensuring that Adam was made whole again. It reflects the completeness and perfection of God's work, as seen throughout the creation narrative. The closing up with flesh also signifies healing and restoration, themes prevalent in the redemptive work of Christ, who heals and restores humanity through His sacrifice. This act of closing up can be seen as a precursor to the resurrection, where what is broken or incomplete is made whole.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The LORD God</a></b><br>The Creator, who is actively involved in the formation of humanity and the establishment of relationships.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_man.htm">The Man (Adam)</a></b><br>The first human, created by God, who is put into a deep sleep for the creation of woman.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_deep_sleep.htm">The Deep Sleep</a></b><br>A divinely induced state that allows God to perform the first surgery, symbolizing trust and divine intervention.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_rib.htm">The Rib</a></b><br>The part of Adam used by God to create Eve, symbolizing equality and partnership.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_creation_of_woman.htm">The Creation of Woman</a></b><br>The event where God forms Eve from Adam's rib, establishing the foundation for human relationships and marriage.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_design_and_purpose.htm">Divine Design and Purpose</a></b><br>God’s intentional design in creating woman from man highlights the purpose and value of both genders in His creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_plan.htm">Trust in God’s Plan</a></b><br>Adam’s deep sleep signifies trust in God’s plan and timing. We are called to trust God’s work in our lives, even when we are unaware of His actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_and_equality.htm">Unity and Equality</a></b><br>The use of Adam’s rib to create Eve symbolizes equality and partnership, teaching us about the importance of unity and mutual respect in relationships.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_foundation_of_marriage.htm">The Foundation of Marriage</a></b><br>This passage lays the groundwork for the biblical understanding of marriage as a divinely instituted union, emphasizing companionship and mutual support.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_intimate_involvement.htm">God’s Intimate Involvement</a></b><br>God’s personal involvement in the creation of Eve reminds us of His intimate care and attention to detail in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_comatose_states.htm">What does the Bible say about comatose states?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_men_have_fewer_ribs_than_women.htm">Do men have fewer ribs than women?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/husband_and_wife_roles.htm">What are the roles of husband and wife?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_saul's_sleep_natural_or_supernatural.htm">Does the claim that God caused Saul’s camp to fall into a deep sleep have any natural explanation, or is it purely supernatural? (1 Samuel 26:12) </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) <span class= "bld">And the Lord God caused a deep sleep </span>(comp. <a href="/job/4-13.htm" title="In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,">Job 4:13</a>, where it is the same word) to fall upon Adam.--Heb., the man.<p><span class= "bld">One of his ribs.</span>--The word is never translated <span class= "ital">rib </span>except in this place, but always <span class= "ital">side, flank. </span>This is the true meaning also of the Latin word by which it is rendered in the Vulgate, <span class= "ital">costa, </span>as shown in the French <span class= "ital">cote, </span>and our <span class= "ital">coast </span>Both the Greek and Syriac also translate by words which primarily signify the <span class= "ital">side, </span>but derivatively the <span class= "ital">rib. </span>Woman was not formed out of one of man's many ribs, of which he would not feel the loss. She is one side of man; and though he may have several sides to his nature and character, yet without woman one integral portion of him is wanting.<p><span class= "bld">Closed up the flesh instead thereof.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">closed up flesh under it, </span>that is, in its place. This does not mean that man now has flesh where before he had this <span class= "ital">side, </span>but that a cavity was prevented by drawing the flesh on the two edges close together. Metaphysically it means that man has no compensation for what was abstracted from him, except in the woman, who is the one side of his nature which he has lost.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept.</span> This was clearly not a sleep of weariness or fatigue, in consequence of arduous labors undergone, but a supernatural slumber, which, however, may have been superinduced upon the natural condition of repose. Lightfoot, following the LXX. who translate <span class="accented">tardemah</span> (deep sleep) by <span class="accented">ecstasy</span>, <span class="greek">ἔκστασις</span>, imagines that the whole scene of Eve's creation was presented to Adam's imagination in a Divinely-inspired dream, which has at least the countenance of <a href="/job/4-13.htm">Job 4:13</a> Such a supposition, however, is not required to account for Adam's recognition of his bride. There is more of aptness in the observation of Lange, that in the deep sleep of Adam we have an echo of the area-tire evenings that preceded the Divine activity. "Everything out of which some new thing is to come sinks down before the event into such a deep sleep, is the farseeing and comprehensive remark of Ziegler. <span class="cmt_word">And he took one of his ribs</span> (<span class="accented">tsela</span> = something bent, from <span class="accented">tesala</span>, to incline; hence a rib), <span class="cmt_word">and closed up the flesh</span> (literally, flesh) <span class="cmt_word">instead thereof</span>. Whether Adam was created with a superfluous rib, or his body was mutilated by the abstraction of a rib, is a question for the curious. In the first, Calvin finds nothing "which is not in accordance with Divine providence," while he favors the latter conjecture, and thinks that Adam got a rich compensation - "quum se integrum vidit in uxore, qui prius tantum dimidius erat." Luther inclines to think that Adam's language in ver. 23 implies that not the bare rib, but the rib with the accompanying flesh, was extracted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/2-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">caused</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּפֵּל֩</span> <span class="translit">(way·yap·pêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the man</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָדָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruddy, a human being</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to fall into</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a deep sleep,</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(tar·dê·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8639.htm">Strong's 8639: </a> </span><span class="str2">A lethargy, trance</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and while he slept,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּישָׁ֑ן</span> <span class="translit">(way·yî·šān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3462.htm">Strong's 3462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be slack, languid, sleep, to grow old, stale, inveterate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He took</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקַּ֗ח</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·qaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">one</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחַת֙</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of [the man’s] ribs</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצַּלְעֹתָ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·ṣal·‘ō·ṯāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6763.htm">Strong's 6763: </a> </span><span class="str2">A rib, a side, a, timber, plank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and closed up</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yis·gōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5462.htm">Strong's 5462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shut up, to surrender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the area</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּחְתֶּֽנָּה׃</span> <span class="translit">(taḥ·ten·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bottom, below, in lieu of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with flesh.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּשָׂ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(bā·śār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/2-21.htm">Genesis 2:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/2-21.htm">Genesis 2:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/2-21.htm">Genesis 2:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/2-21.htm">Genesis 2:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/2-21.htm">Genesis 2:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/2-21.htm">Genesis 2:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/2-21.htm">Genesis 2:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/2-21.htm">Genesis 2:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/2-21.htm">Genesis 2:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/2-21.htm">Genesis 2:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/2-21.htm">OT Law: Genesis 2:21 Yahweh God caused a deep sleep (Gen. 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