Verse
Genesis 2:24 — Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall…
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
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The verses around Genesis 2:24.
22And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23And 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.
24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Verse explanation
This passage stands out because it reverses the more common custom of the time: usually it was the woman who left her father’s house to live with her husband’s family, not the other way around. Some scholars read this line more symbolically than as a literal social rule — a way of describing the strong bond between husband and wife, not a rule about who changes households.
From the Genesis 2 study in Bible in Stories.
Genesis 2:24 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Portanto deixará o varão o seu pae e a sua mãe, e apegar-se-ha á sua mulher, e serão ambos uma carne.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Portanto, deixará o homem a seu pai e a sua mãe, e se achegará à sua mulher, e serão uma só carne.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Esta es la razón por la cual el hombre deja a su padre y a su madre y se une a su esposa, y los dos se vuelven un solo ser.
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In other languages: Português (Gênesis 2:24) · Español (Génesis 2:24)
More verses about marriage
- 1 Corinthians 13:4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
- Ecclesiastes 4:9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
- Ecclesiastes 4:12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
- Colossians 3:14And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
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