Genesis 2:22

And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God acts immediately after closing the wound from Adam's rib (Genesis 2:21), fashioning the woman and presenting her to him before Adam's spoken recognition in Genesis 2:23.

The words — וַיִּבֶן (va.yi.ven) literally means "and He built," describing God's construction of the woman from the צֵלָע (tze.la), "rib" or "side."

The thread — The narrative's emphasis on woman's physical origin from man is echoed in 1 Corinthians 11:8 and 1 Timothy 2:13, while the subsequent ethical application to marriage appears in Hebrews 13:4.

Why it lands — The text records God's direct action of forming and delivering the woman to the man, requiring the reader to acknowledge the stated physical derivation without importing later doctrinal frameworks into the creation account.

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The Hebrew words

וַיִּבֶן֩va/i.yi.Venand/ he built יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahweh אֱלֹהִ֧ים׀'E.lo.HimGod אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>הַצֵּלָ֛עha./tze.La'the/ rib אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-which לָקַ֥חla.Kachhe had taken מִן־min-from הָֽאָדָ֖םha./'a.Damthe/ man לְאִשָּׁ֑הle./'i.Shahinto/ a woman וַיְבִאֶ֖הָva/y.vi.'E./haand/ he brought/ her אֶל־'el-to הָֽאָדָֽם׃Ha./'a.Damthe/ man

King James Version

And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

Cross-references

1 Corinthians 11:8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.
1 Timothy 2:13 For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Proverbs 18:22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
Proverbs 19:14 Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Genesis 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
Psalms 127:1 A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.