And YHWH, god, dropped sleep on the human,
and he slept
and he took one of/from his ribs
and he closed (the) flesh
underneath it.
And YHWH, god, built the rib
which he took from the human,
into a woman.
And he brought her to the human.
And the human said:
‘This one,
this time,
is a bone from my bones
and flesh from my flesh.
this one will be called “woman”
because from the man she was taken.’
Therefore
a man will leave his father and his mother
and stick with his woman /wife
and become one flesh
and the two – the man and the woman – were naked
and they were not ashamed.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is discord, union;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy,
For your mercy and for your truth’s sake. Amen