Genesis 2:22 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 2:22 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיִּבֶן֩
bânâh
H1129
to build
יְהוָ֨ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהִ֧ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
אֶֽת
ʼêth
H853
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הַצֵּלָ֛ע
tsêlâʻ
H6763
rib
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לָקַ֥ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
מִן
min
H4480
from
הָֽאָדָ֖ם
ʼâdâm
H120
man
לְאִשָּׁ֑ה
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
וַיְבִאֶ֖הָ
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הָֽאָדָֽם
ʼâdâm
H120
man
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her to the man.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Yahweh God built the rib which he had taken from the man into a woman, and he brought her to the man.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).