Genesis 2:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he slept, He took one of his ribs or a part of his side and closed up the [place with] flesh.

American Standard Version (1901)

And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:

Common English Bible

So the LORD God put the human into a deep and heavy sleep, and took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh over it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so the Lord God sent a deep sleep upon Adam. And when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and he completed it with flesh for it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it.

Genesis 2:21 Cross References

Genesis 15:12

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Job 33:15

In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

Job 4:13

In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Daniel 8:18

Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.

1 Corinthians 11:8

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:

1 Samuel 26:12

So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.