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23 So the man exclaimed,

“At last! This is
    bone from my bones
        and flesh from my flesh.
This one will be called ‘Woman,’
    because she was taken from Man.”[a]

24 (Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and cling to his wife, and they will become one flesh.) 25 Even though both the man and his wife were naked, they were not ashamed about it.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:23 The Heb. roots for Man and Woman are identical.
  2. Genesis 2:25 The Heb. lacks about it

23 The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;(A)
she shall be called(B) ‘woman,’
    for she was taken out of man.(C)

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(D) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(E)

25 Adam and his wife were both naked,(F) and they felt no shame.

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