jQuery, get html of a whole element

I wish to get the entire html of a selected element not just it's contents. .html() uses javascripts innerHTML() method according to the documentation. HTML:

<div id="divs">
  <div id="div1">
    <p>Some Content</p>
  </div>
  <div id="div2">
    <p>Some Content</p>
  </div>
</div>

Using $('#divs:first').html(); will return just the paragraph element. I want to get the html for the whole element, like so:

  <div id="div1">
    <p>Some Content</p>
  </div>

I can't use .parent because this will return html of both child divs.