23 Then the man said, (A)This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called [a]woman, because she was taken out of the man.

24 (B)Therefore shall man leave [b]his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:23 Or, Manness, because she cometh of man: for in Hebrew Ish is man, and Ishah the woman.
  2. Genesis 2:24 So that marriage requireth a greater duty of us toward our wives, than otherwise we are bound to show to our parents.

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