23 And Adam said:

“This is now (A)bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called [a]Woman,
Because she was (B)taken out of [b]Man.”

24 (C)Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and (D)be[c] joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ishshah
  2. Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ish
  3. Genesis 2:24 Lit. cling

23 The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;(A)
she shall be called(B) ‘woman,’
    for she was taken out of man.(C)

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(D) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(E)

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