¹⁹ Lamech married two women. The first was named Adah, and the second was Zillah.

²⁴ This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

⁸ Jesus replied, “Moses permitted divorce only as a concession to your hard hearts, but it was not what God had originally intended.

⁴ “Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’^[a]” ⁵ And he said, “‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’^{[b] 6} Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.”

¹⁸ Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”