Parallel Verses
King James Version
And Adam 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.
New American Standard Bible
The man said,
“
And flesh of my flesh;
Because
Holman Bible
And the man said:
and flesh of my flesh;
this one will be called “woman,”
for she was taken from man.
International Standard Version
So the man exclaimed, "At last! This is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. This one will be called "Woman,' because she was taken from Man."
A Conservative Version
And 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.
American Standard Version
And 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.
Amplified
Then Adam said,
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”
Bible in Basic English
And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.
Darby Translation
And Man said, This time it is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh: this shall be called Woman, because this was taken out of a man.
Julia Smith Translation
And the man will say, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh; and this shall be called woman, because she was taken from man.
King James 2000
And Adam 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the man said, "{She is now} bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh; {she} shall be called 'Woman,' for {she was taken} from man."
Modern King James verseion
And Adam 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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said Adam, "This is once bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. This shall be called woman: because she was taken of the man."
NET Bible
Then the man said, "This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man."
New Heart English Bible
The man said, "This at last is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
The Emphasized Bible
And the man said, This, one, now, is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh! This, one shall be called Woman, for, out of a man, hath this one been taken.
Webster
And Adam 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.
World English Bible
The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of Man."
Youngs Literal Translation
and the man saith, 'This is the proper step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;
Themes
Adam » The first man. Creation of » History of, before he sinned
Home » Husbands and wives » Duties of husbands
Husbands' » Duty of, to wives » To regard them as themselves
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Husbands' duties
Wife » Relation of, to husband
Woman » Origin and cause of the name
Topics
Interlinear
Qara'
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 2:23
Prayers for Genesis 2:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
The First Woman
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam 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. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 29:14
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
Judges 9:2
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
2 Samuel 5:1
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 Samuel 19:13
And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
Ephesians 5:28-30
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
1 Corinthians 11:8-9
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.