Genesis 2:22
Good News Translation
He formed a woman out of the rib and brought her to him.

New Revised Standard Version
And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.

Contemporary English Version
the LORD made a woman out of the rib. The LORD God brought her to the man,

New American Bible
The LORD God then built the rib that he had taken from the man into a woman. When he brought her to the man,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

made.

Psalm 127:1 A gradual canticle of Solomon. Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.

1 Timothy 2:13 For Adam was first formed; then Eve.

brought.

Genesis 2:19 And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is its name.

Proverbs 18:22 He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked.

Proverbs 19:14 House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord.

Hebrews 13:4 Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Context
Man and Woman in the Garden
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.23And Adam said: This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 11:8
For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man.

1 Corinthians 11:9
For the man was not created for the woman: but the woman for the man.

1 Timothy 2:13
For Adam was first formed; then Eve.

Genesis 2:21
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