Holy Scripture
Genesis 2:22
A church father on this verse
“"The Lord cast a stillness on Adam and he slept; He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in its place. And the Lord made the rib that He had taken from Adam into a woman, and He brought her to Adam." [ Gen. 2:21,2:22 ] Now the man, who was wakeful, anointed with radiance, and as yet ignorant of what sleep was,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
22And God formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam.
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20And Adam gave names to all the cattle and to all the birds of the sky, and to all the wild beasts of the field, but for Adam there was not found a help like to himself.
21And God brought a trance upon Adam, and he slept, and he took one of his ribs, and filled up the flesh instead thereof.
— Genesis 2:22 —
23And 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 her husband.
24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.