Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 unto him: 'Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
Deuteronomy 4:4But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
Joshua 23:8but cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day;
Psalms 45:10(45-11) 'Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
Proverbs 31:10A woman of valour who can find? for her price is far above rubies.
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 →