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Genesis 2:22

MarriageCreation

20 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.

21 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.

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

23 And 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.”

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

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BSB
And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
KJV
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
WEB
The LORD God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
ASV
and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
DARBY
And Jehovah Elohim built the rib that he had taken from Man into a woman; and brought her to Man.
BLB
And YHWH God built the side—which He had taken from the man—into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
ÅB
Og Gud Herren bygget av det ribben han hadde tatt av mennesket, en kvinne og ledet henne til mennesket.
OTB
Så formet Herren Gud en kvinne av ribbeinet Han hadde tatt ut av mannen, og førte henne til mannen.
B1930
Og Gud Herren bygget av det ribben han hadde tatt av mennesket, en kvinne og ledet henne til mennesket.

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