And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 2:24 - King James 2000 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh. |
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget also your own people, and your father's house;
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed is like rottenness in his bones.
Who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God.
Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cling unto the Lord.
For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he lives; but if the husband dies, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
You shall fear the LORD your God; him shall you serve, and to him shall you cleave, and swear by his name.
But you that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.