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With all due respect to Rashi, I don't understand how he could say that Adam&Eve were attached from behind, and then G-d split them.
It says, b'ferush, that G-d took one of Adam's ribs and formed Eve. A full body attached to Adam is not a rib.
Just a thought.
Since the Torah was not written in English, it doesn't actually say one of his "ribs." The word used is "tzalosav" which can mean one of "his sides." As proof for this interpretation, Rashi cites another instance in the Torah (Shemos 26:20) where the word "tzela" is used and there it very clearly means "side."
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Rashi's commentary portion there is a reference to Balaam and Hezekiak asking who was with the people seeking them in order to begin a conversation.
That particular phrase is used in at least 2 other places in very different circumstances.
The first one that came to mind was when Aaron asked Moses who was he bringing into Egypt while he was about to try and deliver the Jews from Egypt.
The other was when Jacob was returning from Laban's with Dinah and his sons. I don't remember if Benjamin had been born yet, but I don't think so, although he was the only one actually born in Eretz Yisrael if I understand correctly.
Are there other places in Torah or Tanakh where the question of "Who are these with you? is asked?
Yes. I found one more example:
Genesis 48:8: Jacob asks about Joseph's children.