Genesis 2:24
This is the reason a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one being.
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25Adam and his wife Eve were both naked, but they weren't embarrassed about it.
Cross References
Genesis 31:14“There's nothing for us to inherit from our father's estate anyway,” Rachel and Leah replied.
Deuteronomy 4:4Those of you who were faithful to the Lord your God are still alive today, every one of you.
Joshua 23:8Stay close to the Lord your God, as you have done up to now.
Psalms 45:10Listen to what I have to say, daughter; please pay attention. Don't pine for your people and your family.
Proverbs 31:10Who can find a strong, capable wife? She's worth more than jewels!
Matthew 19:3Some Pharisees came to test him. “Is a man allowed to divorce his wife for any reason?” they asked.
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 →