Genesis 2:24
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.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and 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
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Read in contextEphesians 5:28–31
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Read in contextMark 10:6–12
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Read in contextRomans 7:2
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Read in context1 Peter 3:1–7
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:2–4
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:16–17
What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
Read in contextProverbs 31:10
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
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