21 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*2:21 Or took part of the man’s side; similarly in verse 22 and closed up the area with flesh. 22 And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him. 23 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."

24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.*2:24 LXX and the two will become one flesh; cited in Matthew 19:5, Mark 10:7–8, 1 Corinthians 6:16, and Ephesians 5:31