And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
WEB
And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
YLT
And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man;
DBT
And Jehovah Elohim built the rib that he had taken from Man into a woman; and brought her to Man.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)