Verse 23
And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.
Referenced Verses
- Eph 5:28-30 : 28 Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself: 29 For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church; 30 Because we are parts of his body.
- 1 Cor 11:8-9 : 8 For the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man. 9 And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man.
- Gen 29:14 : 14 And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.
- Judg 9:2 : 2 Say now in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem, Is it better for you to be ruled by all the seventy sons of Jerubbaal or by one man only? And keep in mind that I am your bone and your flesh.
- 2 Sam 5:1 : 1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.
- 2 Sam 19:13 : 13 And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God's punishment be on me, if I do not make you chief of the army before me at all times in place of Joab!