After God created Adam, and Adam had been
in the Garden for a really long time, he started to get a little lonely. So,
Adam went to God and said, "This Garden is amazing, but I'm starting to
get a little lonely; is there anyone that you can send to keep me
company?"
God answered, "I have the perfect person. She will help you with almost
everything. She'll clean, cook, wash your clothes, be your friend, and even rub
your feet after a long day. She really is perfect in every way!"Adam said, "That sounds great! How soon can you send her?"
God replied again, "I can send her right away, but there is one thing ... it's going to cost you an arm and a leg to get her."
Adam thought for a moment, and then said, "What can I get for a rib?"
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Rib is the only bone when bend don’t easily
snap and can get back into its older state. Ribs produce …
These bony spindles in your torso attach to
your sternum (breast bone) to protect your lungs, heart, spleen, and most of
the liver and help with giving shape to your chest cavity, which assists in
breathing.
As a woman I find it compelling that God
chose to remove a bone from Adam’s side versus from his head or his feet to
create the woman. Matthew Henry states, “That the woman was made of a rib out
of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his
feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him,
under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.”
