Cross references
Genesis 2:23
And the man said:
“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
for out of man she was taken.”
Genesis 2:23 has 6 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ephesians 5:28–30 (42 votes) and 1 Corinthians 11:8–9 (13 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 1 to 1 Peter 3.
Which verses does Genesis 2:23 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ephesians 5:28–3042 votes
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church. …
- 1 Corinthians 11:8–913 votes
For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
- 2 Samuel 5:111 votes
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
- Genesis 29:148 votes
Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
- Judges 9:28 votes
“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
- 2 Samuel 19:137 votes
And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
Which verses point to Genesis 2:23?
The 10 strongest of 19.