Genesis 2:21
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
KJV
Immisit ergo Dominus Deus soporem in Adam : cumque obdormisset, tulit unam de costis ejus, et replevit carnem pro ea.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐπέβαλεν ὁ θεὸς ἔκστασιν ἐπὶ τὸν Ἀδάμ, καὶ ὕπνωσεν· καὶ ἔλαβεν μίαν τῶν πλευρῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνεπλήρωσεν σάρκα ἀντ’ αὐτῆς.
LXX
And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:
ASV
וַ/יַּפֵּל֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֧ים תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה עַל הָ/אָדָ֖ם וַ/יִּישָׁ֑ן וַ/יִּקַּ֗ח אַחַת֙ מִ/צַּלְעֹתָ֔י/ו וַ/יִּסְגֹּ֥ר בָּשָׂ֖ר תַּחְתֶּֽ/נָּה
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13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִישָׁ֑ן
yyshn
verb · 20×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
סָג֑וּר
sgvr
verb · 91×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צֶֽלַע
tsl'
noun · 41×
תַּרְדֵּמַ֣ת
trdmt
noun · 7×
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11 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Theology of the Body · 4 passages
Analysis of the Biblical Account of Creation Last Wednesday we began this series of reflections on the reply Christ gave to his questioners on the subject of the unity and indissolubility of marriage. As we recall, the Pharisees who questioned him appealed to the Mosaic Law. However, Christ went back to the "beginning," quoting the words of Genesis. The "beginning" in this ca…
The Second Account of Creation: The Subjective Definition of Man With reference to Christ's words on the subject of marriage, in which he appealed to the "beginning," we directed our attention last week to the first account of man's creation in the first chapter of Genesis. Today we shall pass to the second account, which is frequently described as the "Yahwist," since it uses…
The Meaning of Man's Original Solitude In the last reflection of the present cycle we reached an introductory conclusion, taken from the words of Genesis on the creation of man as male and female. We reached these words, that is, the "beginning," to which the Lord Jesus referred in his talk on the indissolubility of marriage (cf. Mt 19:3-9; Mk 10:1-12). But the conclusion at w…
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Did the first man see the Essence of God? Could he see the separate substances, that is, the angels? Did he possess all knowledge? Could he err or be deceived? Article 1. Whether the first man saw God through His Essence? Objection 1. It would seem that the first man saw God through His Essence. For man's happiness consists in the vision of the Divine Essence. But the first man…
Josephus retells the Genesis narrative: creation, the fall of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, the genealogy from Adam to Noah, the flood, the tower of Babel, and the lives of Abraham and Isaac. He follows the biblical account closely but adds rationalizing explanations and draws on extra-biblical traditions.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 11:8 — For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
- 1Sam 26:12 — So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD
- 1Sam 26:12 — So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD
- Dan 8:18 — Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
- Dan 10:9 — Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
- Eph 5:28 — So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
- Gen 1:27 — So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
- Gen 15:12 — And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
- Gen 15:12 — And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
- Heb 13:4 — Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
- Job 4:13 — In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
- Job 4:13 — In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
- Job 33:15 — In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
- Matt 19:5 — And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
- Prov 19:15 — Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.