Genesis 2:21

New International Reader's Version

So the Lord God caused him to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs. Then the Lord God closed the opening in the man’s side.

Cross References

Genesis 15:12

As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep. A thick and scary darkness covered him.

Job 33:15

He might speak in a dream or in a vision at night. That’s when people are sound asleep in their beds.

Job 4:13

I had a scary dream one night. I was sound asleep.

Proverbs 19:15

Anyone who doesn’t want to work sleeps his life away. And a person who refuses to work goes hungry.

Daniel 8:18

While he was speaking to me, I was sound asleep. I lay with my face on the ground. Then he touched me. He raised me to my feet.

1 Corinthians 11:8

Man did not come from woman. Woman came from man.

1 Samuel 26:12

So David took the spear and water jug that were near Saul’s head. Then he and Abishai left. No one saw them. No one knew about what they had done. In fact, no one even woke up. Everyone was sleeping. That’s because the Lord had put them into a deep sleep.