Genesis 2:24 - Compare All Versions

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

The Man said, “Finally! Bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh! Name her Woman for she was made from Man.” Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife. They become one flesh. The two of them, the Man and his Wife, were naked, but they felt no shame.

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. [Matt 19:5; 1 Cor 6:16; Eph 5:31-33]

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.