Genesis 2:24

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 her husband.

25And the two were naked, both Adam and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:14And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Have we yet a part or inheritance in the house of our father?

Deuteronomy 4:4But ye that kept close to the Lord your God are all alive today.

Joshua 23:8But ye shall cleave to the Lord our God, as ye have done until this day.

Psalms 45:10Putting an end to wars as for the ends of the earth; 1 He will crush the bow, and break in pieces the weapon, 1 And burn the bucklers with fire. 1

Proverbs 31:10Who shall find a virtuous woman? 1 For such a one is more valuable than precious stones. 1

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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