Genesis 2:18–25

¹⁸And Jehovah God saith, ‘Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper—as his counterpart.’ ¹⁹And Jehovah God formeth from the ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and bringeth in unto the man, to see what he doth call it; and whatever the man calleth a living creature, that is its name. ²⁰And the man calleth names to all the cattle, and to fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; and to man hath not been found an helper—as his counterpart.

²¹And 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. ²²And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man; ²³and the man saith, ‘This is the proper step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!’ for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken; ²⁴therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh. ²⁵And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.

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