Genesis 2 - NCB & NRSV

God blessed the seventh day and he consecrated it, for on it… Genesis 2:3

God blessed the seventh day and he consecrated it, for on it he rested from all the work he had done when he created all things. Genesis 2:3	So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation. creation blessing sabbath
And the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I wish to make another creature who will be like him.” Genesis 2:18	Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” creation marriage relationships

The Lord God then formed a woman out of the rib that he had taken from the man. He brought her before the man. The man said, “This one is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called woman because she was taken from man.” This is why a man leaves his father and his mother and joins with a wife, and the two become one flesh. Genesis 2:22-24	And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken.” Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. marriage creation body