Genesis 2:24 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁴ For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become 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.

Genesis 2:24 Cross References

Genesis 4:19

And Lemeḵ

Psalm 45:10

Listen, O daughter, and see, And incline your ear, And forget your own people and your father’s house;

Proverbs 12:4

A capable wife is the crown of her husband, But one causing shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 2:17

Who forsakes the companion of her youth, And has forgotten the covenant of her Elohim.

Proverbs 31:10

Who does find a capable wife? For she is worth far more than rubies.

Acts 11:23

who, having come, and seeing the favour of Elohim, was glad, and encouraged them all with purpose of heart to cleave to the Master.

Romans 7:2

For the married woman has been bound by Torah to the living husband, but if the husband dies, she is released from the Torah concerning her husband.

Deuteronomy 10:20

“Fear יהוה  your Elohim. Serve Him, and cling to Him, and swear by His Name.

Deuteronomy 4:4

“But you who are clinging to יהוה  your Elohim are alive today, every one of you.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I resolve that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, giving no occasion to the adversary for reviling.

Joshua 23:8

“But cling to יהוה  your Elohim, as you have done to this day.

1 Samuel 25:43

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