Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
Geneva Bible 1599
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In Context
25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Cross References
Genesis 31:14Then answered Rahel and Leah, and sayde vnto him, Haue wee any more porcion and inheritance in our fathers house?
Deuteronomy 4:4But ye that did cleaue vnto the Lord your God, are aliue euery one of you this day.
Joshua 23:8But sticke fast vnto the Lord your God, as ye haue done vnto this day.
Psalms 45:10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine eare: forget also thine owne people and thy fathers house.
Proverbs 31:10Who shall finde a vertuous woman? for her price is farre aboue the pearles.
Matthew 19:3Then came vnto him the Pharises tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawfull for a man to put away his wife vpon euery occasion?
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 →