Bone of My Bone

When the Lord presented Adam with Eve in GENESIS 2:22 his response in GENESIS 2:23 was to say, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” This is what’s called the genitive superlative in the original Hebrew and is seen throughout the Bible in phrases like “King of kings” and “Song of songs,” implying that what is being presented is the “Best of the best.” In chapter 38, Jane reflects on a decade of marriage to Rochester: “No woman was ever nearer to her mate than I am: ever more absolutely bone of his bone, flesh of his flesh.”