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.
Parallel translations
- WEB The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”
- BSB And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
- NKJV 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.”
- NASB Then the man said, “At last this is bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called ‘woman,’ Because she was taken out of man.”
- NLT “At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’”
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Quick answer
The man joyfully recognizes the woman as bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh. He welcomes her as his fitting and equal partner.
Overview
The man bursts into the first recorded human words, celebrating the woman as 'bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh,' and names her 'woman' because she was taken out of man. His poetic response expresses delight, kinship, and the deep correspondence between them. This recognition of shared nature affirms the equal dignity of man and woman as bearers of God's image.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Eph 5:28–30So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
- 1 Cor 11:8–9For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
- 2 Sam 5:1Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
- Gen 29:14And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
- Judg 9:2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
- 2 Sam 19:13And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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