Genesis 2:24
For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.
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In Context
25Now they were both naked: Adam, of course, and his wife. And they were not ashamed.
Cross References
Genesis 31:14And Rachel and Leah responded: “Have we anything left behind among the resources and inheritance of our father’s house?
Deuteronomy 4:4But you who adhere to the Lord your God are all still alive, to the present day.
Joshua 23:8Instead, cling to the Lord your God, just as you have done even to this day.
Psalms 45:10carrying away wars even to the end of the earth. He will crush the bow and break the weapons, and he will burn the shield with fire.
Proverbs 31:10Who shall find a strong woman? Far away, and from the furthest parts, is her price.
Matthew 19:3And the Pharisees approached him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to separate from his wife, no matter what the 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 →