Genesis 2:25
Hebrew Bible
23 Then the man said, “This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become one family. 25 The man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed.
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
Source
Pseudo Jonathan Genesis 2:25
Targum
23 And Adam said, 'This time, but never again will woman be created from man as this one had been created from me—bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. It is fitting to call this one woman, for she has been taken from man.' 24 Therefore a man shall leave and be separated from the bedroom of his father and of his mother, and he shall be united to his wife, and the two of them shall become one flesh. 25 And the two of them were wise, Adam and his wife, but they did not remain in their glory.
Date: 300-1200 C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
Source
Genesis Rabbah 12:6
Aggadah
Rabbinic
... seven things were taken away from Adam haRishon after he ate from the tree of knowing, including among them his brilliance, his life, and his stature — zivo, v'chayyav, v'qomato...
Date: 500 C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
Source
Notes and References
"... Midrashic texts frequently use the words of Psalm 49:13 (“Man does not abide in his honor”) to prove that Adam was deprived of his glory when he was expelled from Eden; compare Genesis Rabbah 12:6; Avot d'Rabbi Natan A; b. Sanhedrin 38b; see also Genesis Rabbah 18:6. Cook maintains that Psudo Jonathan’s version of our present verse was intended to prove that the sin of Adam and Eve was one of disobedience, not of sexual intercourse ..."
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