20 And Adam H120 gave H7121 names H8034 to all cattle, H929 and to the fowl H5775 of the air, H8064 and to every beast H2416 of the field; H7704 but for Adam H120 there was not found H4672 an help meet H5828 for him.
21 And the LORD H3068 God H430 caused H5307 a deep sleep H8639 to fall H5307 upon Adam, H121 and he slept: H3462 and he took H3947 one H259 of his ribs, H6763 and closed up H5462 the flesh H1320 instead thereof;
22 And the rib, H6763 which the LORD H3068 God H430 had taken H3947 from man, H120 made H1129 he a woman, H802 and brought H935 her unto the man. H120
23 And Adam H120 said, H559 This H2063 is now H6471 bone H6106 of my bones, H6106 and flesh H1320 of my flesh: H1320 she H2063 shall be called H7121 Woman, H802 because she H2063 was taken H3947 out of Man. H376
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Commentary on Genesis 2 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 2
This chapter is an appendix to the history of the creation, more particularly explaining and enlarging upon that part of the history which relates immediately to man, the favourite of this lower world. We have in it,
Gen 2:1-3
We have here,
Gen 2:4-7
In these verses,
Gen 2:8-15
Man consisting of body and soul, a body made out of the earth and a rational immortal soul the breath of heaven, we have, in these verses, the provision that was made for the happiness of both; he that made him took care to make him happy, if he could but have kept himself so and known when he was well off. That part of man by which he is allied to the world of sense was made happy; for he was put in the paradise of God: that part by which he is allied to the world of spirits was well provided for; for he was taken into covenant with God. Lord, what is man that he should be thus dignified-man that is a worm! Here we have,
Gen 2:16-17
Observe here,
Thus easy, thus happy, was man in a state of innocency, having all that heart could wish to make him so. How good was God to him! How many favours did he load him with! How easy were the laws he gave him! How kind the covenant he made with him! Yet man, being in honour, understood not his own interest, but soon became as the beasts that perish.
Gen 2:18-20
Here we have,
Gen 2:21-25
Here we have,