⁶^*But in the beginning, at the time of creation, ‘God made them male and female,’ as the scripture says. ⁷^*‘And for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife,^q ⁸^*and the two will become one.’ So they are no longer two, but one.

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Footnotes

qSome manuscripts do not have and unite with his wife.

Cross references

*10.6: Gn 1:27; 5:2
*10.7, 8: Gn 2:24
*10.7, 8: Gn 2:24

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

NLTNew Living Translation

But ‘God made them male and female’ from the beginning of creation. ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’ Since they are no longer two but one,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But from the beginning of creation ‘he made them male and female. Because of this a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh,’ so that they are no longer two but one flesh.

KJV 1900King James Version

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

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