Genesis 2:22

And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

Cross-references

In Genesis 2:19, God uses the same pattern — forming and presenting creatures to Adam — but from the ground rather than from the man himself.

In Genesis 3:12, Adam blames God for 'the woman YOU put here with me' — turning God's gracious gift into an accusation.

In 1 Timothy 2:13, Paul explicitly cites this creation order: 'Adam was formed first, then Eve,' making the sequence a theological argument.

1 Corinthians 11:8 directly references this event: 'man did not come from woman, but woman from man.'