Genesis 2:24

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

— WEB

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

— ASV

Bible Verses About Marriage

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Matthew 19:3-9 "Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”"
Ephesians 5:28-31 "Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself."
Mark 10:6-12 "But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.Genesis 1:27"
Romans 7:2 "For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law o…"
1 Peter 3:1-7 "In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior …"
1 Corinthians 7:2-4 "But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband."
1 Corinthians 6:16-17 "Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”Genesis 2:24"
Proverbs 31:10 "Proverbs 31:10-31 form an acrostic, with each verse starting with each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, in order.Who can find a worthy woma…"

Commentary

one flesh--The human pair differed from all other pairs, that by peculiar formation of Eve, they were one. And this passage is appealed to by our Lord as the divine institution of marriage (Mat 19:4-5; Eph 5:28). Thus Adam appears as a creature formed after the image of God--showing his knowledge by giving names to the animals, his righteousness by his approval of the marriage relation, and his holiness by his principles and feelings, and finding gratification in the service and enjoyment of God. Next: Genesis Chapter 3

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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