KJV King James Version
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.
Surrounding context — Genesis 2
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And 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.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
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Original-language word links
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עַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּן֙H3651 · kenrightיַֽעֲזָב־H5800 · a.zavto leave: forsakeאִ֔ישׁH376 · ishmanאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אָבִ֖יוH1 · avfatherוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אִמּ֑וֹH517 · emmotherוְדָבַ֣קH1692 · da.vaqto cleaveבְּאִשְׁתּ֔וֹH802 · ish.shahwomanוְהָי֖וּH1961 · ha.yahto beלְבָשָׂ֥רH1320 · ba.sarfleshאֶחָֽד׃H259 · e.chadone
Cross-references
Matthew 19:3-9The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?Ephesians 5:28-31So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.Mark 10:6-12But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.Romans 7:2For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.1 Peter 3:1-7Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;1 Corinthians 7:2-4Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.1 Corinthians 6:16-17What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.Proverbs 31:10Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.Malachi 2:14-16Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.1 Corinthians 7:10-11And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.Leviticus 22:12-13If the priest’s daughter also be [married] unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.Psalm 45:10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;1 Timothy 5:14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.Genesis 24:58-59And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.Deuteronomy 10:20Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.Deuteronomy 4:4But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God [are] alive every one of you this day.Joshua 23:8But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
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