Bible verse
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Genesis 2:24 · BSB
The verses around it, from Genesis 2.
20 The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
22 And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
23 And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
25 And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
KJV
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
ASV
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
ERV
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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