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Genesis 2:21

וַ יַּפֵּל יְהוָה אֶלֹהִים תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל הָ אָדָם וַ יִּישָׁן וַ יִּקַּח אַחַת מִ צַּלְעֹתָיו וַ יִּסְגֹּר בָּשָׂר תַּחְתֶּנָּה
And Yahweh is causing elohim to fall, a dead-sleep96 upon the Red-one, and he is sleeping, and he is taking one of his ribs,97 and is shutting up flesh underneath her.98
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The human body has 24 ribs. 12 on each side. Only one rib was taken. See note on “taken” in Genesis 2:23.