Genesis 1:27 gives the summary — 'male and female he created them' — while this verse shows the detailed process of creating the female.

In Genesis 15:12, the same deep sleep (tardemah) falls on Abram during God's covenant — a parallel divine encounter through induced sleep.

In 1 Corinthians 11:8, Paul directly references this: 'man was not made from woman, but woman from man,' citing the rib account as theological ground.

In Matthew 19:5, Jesus quotes from this creation narrative — 'a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife' — as grounds for marriage.

In Ephesians 5:28, Paul says a husband loving his wife loves his own body — echoing how woman was formed from man's flesh here.

In 1 Samuel 26:12, a deep sleep from the LORD falls on Saul's camp — the same sovereign divine sleep God used to accomplish His purposes.