Genesis 2:24

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Summary

Genesis 2:24

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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Genesis 24:58

Genesis 31:14

Psalm 45:10

And they shall be one flesh

General references

Mark 10:7

Ephesians 5:31

Bible References

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And they called Rebekah, and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go.

And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

Listen, O daughter, and look; and bow down your ear; and forget your own people and your father's house.

And they shall be one flesh

Yet you say, Why? Because Jehovah has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously; yet she is your companion and your covenant wife.

And the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him and saying to Him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

For the married woman was bound by law to the living husband. But if the husband is dead, she is set free from the law of her husband.

Or do you not know that he being joined to a harlot is one body? For He says, The two shall be one flesh.

But, because of the fornications, let each have his own wife, and let each have her own husband.

So men ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Therefore I want the younger ones to marry, bear children, guide the house, giving no occasion to the adversary because of reproach.

Likewise, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, so that if any do not obey the Word, they may also be won without the Word by the conduct of the wives,

General references

For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife.

"For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two of them shall be one flesh."