Genesis 2:22 Douay-Rheims

And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam.

Rashi

1040–1105 Jewish

ויבן AND HE FORMED (literally, He built) — as a structure, wide below and narrower above for bearing the child, just as a wheat-store is wide below and narrower above so that its weight should not strain the walls (Berakhot 61a). ויבן את הצלע לאשה AND HE MADE THE RIB INTO A WOMAN — לאשה means that is should become a woman, like (Judges 8:21) “and Gideon made it לאפוד ” i. e., that it should become an ephod.

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1105 · Genesis 2:22

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