Genesis 2:24
22 And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
23 And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
25 And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
- KJV
- Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
- WEB
- Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
- ASV
- Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
- DARBY
- Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
- BLB
- Upon thus a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
- ÅB
- Derfor skal mannen forlate sin far og sin mor og bli hos sin hustru, og de skal være ett kjød.
- OTB
- Av denne grunn skal en mann forlate sin far og mor og bli forent med sin hustru, og de skal bli ett kjød.
- B1930
- Derfor skal mannen forlate sin far og sin mor og bli hos sin hustru, og de skal være ett kjød.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 19:3–9
Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
Read in contextEphesians 5:28–31
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Read in contextMark 10:6–12
However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
Read in contextRomans 7:2
For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
Read in context1 Peter 3:1–7
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:2–4
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:16–17
Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
Read in contextProverbs 31:10
A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
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