Genesis 2:24

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.

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Genesis 2:24 in other translations

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

Genesis 2:24 · American Standard Version

Genesis 2:24 in context

  1. 22Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
  2. 23The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”
  3. 24Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
  4. 25The man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

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