Gen 2:18-25

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Questions

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Verse 23

  • Does this verse help us understand what the story of Eve's creation teaches us? Given the important role naming has played in this story, is there anything significant about the fact that Adam names Eve? If so, what?

Verse 24

  • Who is speaking in this verse, Adam or the writer? What does it mean to leave father and mother? What does it imply? What does it mean to cleave to a person? What does it mean to be one flesh?

Verse 25

  • What things might the couple's nakedness signify? Why should they be ashamed? What is the purpose of this verse?

Lexical notes

Verse 22

  • woman -- The English word "woman" does not, in fact, have a meaning of one being taken out of man. See Related links for a proper etymology.

Exegesis

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