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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

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

In Context

23And Adam said: This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.

25And they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed.

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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 →

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