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Genesis 2:23-25
English Standard Version
Genesis 2:23-25
English Standard Version
23 Then the man said,
“This at last is (A)bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was (B)taken out of Man.”[a]
24 (C)Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
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- Genesis 2:23 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike
Genesis 2:23-25
New International Version
Genesis 2:23-25
New International Version
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)
25 Adam and his wife were both naked,(F) and they felt no shame.
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