Genesis 2:24 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²⁴ 4 Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall become united and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. [Matt. 19:5; I Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31-33.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²⁴ This is the reason that a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife, and they become one flesh.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

Genesis 2:24 Cross References

Genesis 4:19

9 Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other was Sella.

Psalm 45:10

7 They shall remember thy name throughout all generations. Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, for ever and ever.

Proverbs 12:4

1 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish. He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds.

Proverbs 2:17

For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.

Proverbs 31:10

7 She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm.

Acts 11:23

AND at the same time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands, to afflict some of the church.

Romans 7:2

0 And I died. And the commandment that was ordained to life, the same was found to be unto death to me.

Deuteronomy 10:20

The signs and works which he did in the midst of Egypt to king Pharao, and to all his land,

Deuteronomy 4:4

Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul carefully. Forget not the words that thy eyes have seen, and let them not go out of thy heart all the days of thy life. Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and to thy grandsons,

1 Timothy 5:14

3 Do not still drink water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thy frequent infirmities.

Joshua 23:8

3 Know ye for a certainty that the Lord your God will not destroy them be- fore your face, but they shall be a pit and a snare in your way, and a stumblingblock at your side, and stakes in your eyes, till he take you away and destroy you from off this excellent land, which he hath given you.

1 Samuel 25:43

He sent spies, and learned that he was most certainly come thither.