Genesis 2:24

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.

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Genesis 2:24 in other translations

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

Genesis 2:24 · World English Bible

Genesis 2:24 in context

  1. 22and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
  2. 23And the man 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.
  3. 24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
  4. 25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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