Genesis 2:24
For this cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
25And they were both of them naked, the man and his wife,—and put not each other to shame.
Cross References
Genesis 31:14Then responded Rachel and Leah, and said to him,—Have we any longer a portion or an inheritance in the house of our father?
Deuteronomy 4:4but, ye who kept on cleaving unto Yahweh your God, alive, are ye all to-day.
Joshua 23:8But, unto Yahweh your God, must ye cleave,—as, ye have done until this day;
Psalms 45:10Hearken, O daughter, and observe, Incline also thine ear, Forget, then, thine own people, And the house of thy father;
Proverbs 31:10A virtuous woman, who can find? for, far beyond corals, is her worth.
Matthew 19:3And there came unto him Pharisees, testing him, and saying,—Whether is it allowed a man to divorce 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 →