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Genesis 2:24

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24sTherefore 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: Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Footnotes

  1. sPs. 45:10. Cited Matt. 19:5. Mark 10:7. 1 Cor. 6:16. Eph. 5:31.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

NLTNew Living Translation

This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh.