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Genesis 2:21

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21And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man.g Whileh he slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh where it had been.i

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Footnotes

  1. g“The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  2. hOr “And”
  3. iLiterally “the flesh in the place of it”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place.

NLTNew Living Translation

So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening.

KJV 1900King 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;