Genesis 2:24 · KJV
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
— Genesis 2:24
And 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. {Woman: Heb. Isha} {Man: Heb. Ish}
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Genesis 2 — Context
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. {made: Heb. builded}
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. {Woman: Heb. Isha} {Man: Heb. Ish}
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.
Cross References
Matthew 19:3-9
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Ephesians 5:28-31
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Mark 10:6-12
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Romans 7:2
For the woman which hath an 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.
1 Peter 3:1-7
Likewise, ye wives, {be} in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
1 Corinthians 7:2-4
Nevertheless, {to avoid} fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 6:16-17
What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
Proverbs 31:10
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price {is} far above rubies.