And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
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Gill's Exposition
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he woman,.... It is commonly observed, and pertinently enough, that the woman was not made from the superior part of man, that she might not be…
- XIV. The Woman 21. תרדמה tardēmâh, “deep sleep,” ἔκστασις ekstasis, Septuagint. צלע tsēlā‛, “rib, side, wing of a building.” 23. פעם pa‛am, “beat, stroke, tread, anvil.” אישׁ 'ı̂ysh, “man,”…
Here we have, I. The making of the woman, to be a help-meet for Adam. This was done upon the sixth day, as was also the placing of Adam in paradise, though it is here mentioned after an account of the…
Cambridge Bible
made he Heb. "builded He," so LXX ᾠκοδόμησεν, Lat. aedificavit: a different word from that in Gen 2:7-19.
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