² He created them^(A) male and female^(B) and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind”^[a] when they were created.

⁶ “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’^[a](A)

⁴ “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’^[a](A)

²³ The man said,

²⁶ From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.^(A)

¹⁵ Has not the one God made you?^(A) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.^[a](B) So be on your guard,^(C) and do not be unfaithful^(D) to the wife of your youth.

¹⁵ The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden^(A) to work it and take care of it.