Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Genesis
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 2:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:20 JFB -> Commentary on 2:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:20 TSK -> Commentary on 2:20 TSK -> Entry for 2:20 WEN -> Notes on 2:20 NTB -> Adam; Animals; God; Man; Wife TTT -> Beasts; Birds; Man; Woman EBD -> Help-meet; Marriage SBD -> Marriage 2:20 - [In Context] He gave names to all the livestock, birds, and wild animals. But still there was no companion suitable for him.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 2:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:21 JFB -> Commentary on 2:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:21 TSK -> Commentary on 2:21 TSK -> Entry for 2:21 WEN -> Notes on 2:21 NTB -> Adam; Eve; God; Women TTT -> Man; Woman EBD -> Eve; Flesh; Marriage SBD -> Eve; Marriage 2:21 - [In Context] So the LORD God caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep. He took one of Adam's ribs F5 and closed up the place from which he had taken it.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 2:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:22 JFB -> Commentary on 2:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:22 TSK -> Commentary on 2:22 TSK -> Entry for 2:22 WEN -> Notes on 2:22 NTB -> Adam; Eve; God; Women TTT -> Man; Woman EBD -> Eve; Marriage SBD -> Eve; Marriage 2:22 - [In Context] Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib and brought her to Adam.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 2:23 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:23 JFB -> Commentary on 2:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:23 SRN -> Study Notes on 2:23 TSK -> Commentary on 2:23 TSK -> Entry for 2:23 WEN -> Notes on 2:23 NTB -> Adam; Eve; God; Husband; Marriage; Wife; Women TTT -> Husbands; Man; Woman EBD -> Marriage; Woman SBD -> Marriage 2:23 - [In Context] "At last!" Adam exclaimed. "She is part of my own flesh and bone! She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of a man."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 2:24 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:24 JFB -> Commentary on 2:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:24 TSK -> Commentary on 2:24 TSK -> Entry for 2:24 WEN -> Notes on 2:24 NTB -> Adam; Eve; God; Husband; Marriage; Quotations And Allusions; Wife; Women TTT -> Divorce; Husbands; Man; Marriage EBD -> Marriage; Wife SBD -> Marriage TV -> Devotional using 2:24 TV -> Devotional using 2:24 2:24 - [In Context] This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
FOOTNOTES: F5: Or took a part of Adam's side.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.