KJV King James Version
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
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Genesis 2:21
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead.
Surrounding context — Genesis 2
18 And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּפֵּל֩H5307 · na.phalto fall: fallיְהוָ֨הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהִ֧ים׀H430 · e.lo.himGodתַּרְדֵּמָ֛הH8639 · tar.de.mahdeep sleepעַל־H5921 · aluponהָאָדָ֖םH120 · a.dammanוַיִּישָׁ֑ןH3462 · ya.shento sleepוַיִּקַּ֗חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאַחַת֙H259 · e.chadoneמִצַּלְעֹתָ֔יוH6763 · tse.lasideוַיִּסְגֹּ֥רH5462 · sa.garto shutבָּשָׂ֖רH1320 · ba.sarfleshתַּחְתֶּֽנָּה׃H8478 · ta.chatunderneath: under
Cross-references
Genesis 15:12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.Job 4:13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,Job 33:15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;1 Samuel 26:12So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw [it], nor knew [it], neither awaked: for they [were] all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.Daniel 8:18Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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