Genesis 2:21 - The Scriptures 2009

²¹ So יהוה Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept. And He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ 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

²¹ 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)

²¹ 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

²¹ 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

²¹ 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

²¹ 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 it came to be, when the sun was going down, and a deep sleep fell upon Aḇram, that see, a frightening great darkness fell upon him.

Job 33:15

in a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while slumbering on a bed,

Job 4:13

Amid thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, And an idle being suffers hunger.

Daniel 8:18

And, as he was speaking with me, I fell stunned upon my face to the ground, but he touched me, and made me stand up straight,

1 Corinthians 11:8

For man is not from woman, but woman from man.

1 Samuel 26:12

So Dawiḏ took the spear and the jug of water by Sha’ul’s head, and they went away. And no man saw it or knew it or awoke, for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from יהוה had fallen on them.