Each cycle is made up of a deep sleep followed by a lighter sleep. The exchange of wedding rings, circumcision, communion, and other rituals are real-world actions with symbolic importance. There is evidence that people sleep in cycles. God could have created woman out of earth, as he did with man, but chose not to. It also speaks powerfully of the symbolic connection between man and woman. This surgery was not to remove an imperfection from Adam's body, but to add something essential and beautiful to Adam's existence. It's important to remember several things about this action. I saw a dream and it made me fearful and these fantasies as I lay on my bed and the visions in my mind kept alarming me. It's amazing to think of the God who had formed Adam out of dust now performing surgery on the man's body of flesh, blood, and bone. Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him. While Adam is asleep, God removes one of Adam's ribs and closes up the place with flesh. He causes a deep sleep to fall on Adam: the first anesthesia before surgery. So now God goes to work, taking action to complete his intended design of the human race. In doing so, he finds out first-hand that none of them can serve as a suitable helper for him.Įven as God creates, He often does so with the intent of modifying that creation later on (Genesis 1:9–12). Then in the following two verses, Adam goes through the process of naming all of the animals God had created. In verse 18, God declared that He would make a helper for the man, since it was not good for the man to be alone. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil for he gives to his beloved sleep. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. Genesis 2:21, CSB: So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. While the man slept, the LORD God took out one of the man's ribs and closed up the opening. Genesis 2:21, NLT: So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. Genesis 2:21, NASB: So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. Genesis 2:21, KJV: And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof Genesis 2:21, ESV: So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. Genesis 2:21 Parallel Verses Genesis 2:21, NIV: So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
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