Genesis 2:24
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife, and the two (LXX/NT) shall be one flesh.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Cross References
Genesis 31:14And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
Deuteronomy 4:4But ye who clung to LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
Joshua 23:8but cling to LORD your God as ye have done to this day.
Psalms 45:10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear. Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house.
Proverbs 31:10A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
Matthew 19:3And Pharisees came to him, trying him, and saying to him, Is it permitted for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?
Matthew Henry on Genesis 2:22-25
The Formation of Eve; Marriage Instituted. ( b. c. 4004.) 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; 22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 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. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his… Read the whole commentary →