Reference

Genesis 2:21

And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
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And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

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And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

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And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

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And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

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And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Death as Sleep

The verse describes a "deep sleep" that falls upon Adam, which is explicitly distinguished from death by the subsequent actions of God taking a rib and closing the flesh, indicating Adam remained alive throughout the process. The sleep is a temporary state for a surgical procedure, not a metaphor for an end of life.