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 Version - American Edition 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 thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth 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 cleave unto the Lord.
For the woman which hath a 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.
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
But ye 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, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
David also took Ahin´o-am of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.