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Genesis 2:24

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 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • 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.

    BBE

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

    DBY

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

    WEB

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

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23And 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.

24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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

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