Genesis 2:24
Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
25And they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed.
Cross References
Genesis 31:14And Rachel and Lia answered: Have we anything left among the goods and inheritance of our father's house?
Deuteronomy 4:4But you that adhere to the Lord your Cad, are all alive until this present day.
Joshua 23:8But cleave ye unto the Lord your God: as you have done until this day.
Psalms 45:10the daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory. The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; surrounded with variety.
Proverbs 31:10Who shall find a valiant woman? far and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.
Matthew 19:3And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away 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 →