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# caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man
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"caused the man to sleep intensely." A deep sleep is a time of sleeping in which a person is not easily disturbed or wakened.
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# With the rib ... he made a woman
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"From the rib ... he formed a woman." The rib was the material God made the woman from.
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# This time, this one is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh
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"Finally, this one's bones are like my bones, and her flesh is like my flesh." After looking among all the animals for a partner and not finding one, he finally saw someone who was like him and could be his partner. The man was probably expressing his feeling of relief and joy.
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# flesh
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This refers to the soft parts of the body like skin and muscle.
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# She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of man
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The translator may want to write a footnote saying "The Hebrew word for 'woman' sounds like the Hebrew word for 'man.'