Genesis 2:23 - The Scriptures 2009

²³ And the man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. This one is called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of man.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Then Adam said, This [creature] is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of a man.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Common English Bible

²³ The human said, “This one finally is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. She will be called a woman because from a man she was taken.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And Adam said: "Now this is bone from my bones, and flesh from my flesh. This one shall be called woman, because she was taken from man."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And Adam said: This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.

Genesis 2:23 Cross References

Genesis 29:14

And Laḇan said to him, “You are indeed my bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him for a new moon.

2 Samuel 19:13

“And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? Elohim do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of the army before me all the days in place of Yo’aḇ.’ ”

2 Samuel 5:1

And all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl came to Dawiḏ at Ḥeḇron and spoke, saying, “Look, we are your bone and your flesh.

Judges 9:2

“Please speak in the hearing of all the masters of Sheḵem, ‘Which is better for you, that seventy men, all the sons of Yerubba‛al rule over you, or that one man rule over you?’ And you shall remember that I am your own flesh and bone.”