Genesis 2:21
Good News Translation
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.

New Revised Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
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,

New American Bible
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Genesis 15:12 And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.

1 Samuel 26:12 So David took the spear, and the cup of water which was at Saul's head, and they went away: and no man saw it, or knew it, or awaked, but they were all asleep, for a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them.

Job 4:13 In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,

Job 33:15 By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds:

Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Daniel 8:18 And when he spoke to me, I fell flat on the ground: and he touched me, and set me upright.

Context
Man and Woman in the Garden
20And Adam called all the beasts by their names, and all the fowls of the air, and all the cattle of the field: but for Adam there was not found a helper like himself. 21Then 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.22And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 11:8
For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man.

Genesis 15:12
And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.

1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear, and the cup of water which was at Saul's head, and they went away: and no man saw it, or knew it, or awaked, but they were all asleep, for a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them.

Genesis 2:20
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