Berean Standard Bible
“And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.””
God has just presented the first woman to the first man after he found no fitting companion among the animals. The man's response is the first recorded human speech, and it is a poem, marked by rhythm and wordplay in Hebrew.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
World English Bible (WEB)
The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”
King James Version (KJV)
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Y dijo Adam: Esto es ahora hueso de mis huesos, y carne de mi carne: ésta será llamada Varona, porque del varón fué tomada.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Al verla, el hombre exclamó: «¡Esta sí es hueso de mis huesos y carne de mi carne! Se llamará “mujer” porque fue sacada del hombre».
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