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The Bible does not specify but I think most people like to believe it was the left side, closest to the heart.

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As men and women have an equal number of ribs and an equal number of ribs on each side it is logical to assume that no male rib is missing.

So what is missing?

The term rib is not an accurate translation of the original Hebrew word. Many scholars now think the bone referred to was the baculum as this bone is missing in humans but present in most other mammals. The "rib" story was invented to explain this apparent anatomical anomaly.

AnswerToday, it seems improbable that God would have taken a rib from Adam, instead of simply creating Eve from nothing. In modern religious belief, God is perceived as omniscient and omnipotent, but in the earliest Hebrew traditions, God was anthropomorphic and had limits to his powers. In the Yahwist creation story (Genesis 2:4b-2:25), he could not make Adam from nothing - he needed some moist clay. So, similarly to make Eve, he needed Adam's rib. Perhaps also, the story was seen as more romantic if Eve was created from Adam rather than from another piece of clay.
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