Genesis 2:24 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united t…”

Genesis 2:24

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

Bible in Basic English

For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

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Cross references

“leave”

Psalm 45:10 Genesis 24:58 Genesis 24:59 Genesis 31:14 Genesis 31:15

Psalm 45:10 · BSB

Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

Genesis 24:58 · BSB

They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.

Genesis 24:59 · BSB

So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.

Genesis 31:14 · BSB

And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?

Genesis 31:15 · BSB

Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.

“cleave”

Proverbs 31:10 Proverbs 12:4 Deuteronomy 4:4 Deuteronomy 10:20 Joshua 23:8 Acts 11:23

Proverbs 31:10 · BSB

A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.

Proverbs 12:4 · BSB

A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

Deuteronomy 4:4 · BSB

But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.

Deuteronomy 10:20 · BSB

You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.

Joshua 23:8 · BSB

Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

Acts 11:23 · BSB

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

“and they shall be one flesh”

Matthew 19:3–9 Ephesians 5:28–31 Mark 10:6–12 Romans 7:2 1 Peter 3:1–7 1 Corinthians 7:2–4

Matthew 19:3–9 · BSB

Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

Ephesians 5:28–31 · BSB

In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Mark 10:6–12 · BSB

However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’

Romans 7:2 · BSB

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.

1 Peter 3:1–7 · BSB

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

1 Corinthians 7:2–4 · BSB

But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23And 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.”

25And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

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