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23 Then the man said,

“This at last is bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,[a]
    because she was taken out of Man.”[b]

24 Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.

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  1. Genesis 2:23 Heb ishshah
  2. Genesis 2:23 Heb ish

23 The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;(A)
she shall be called(B) ‘woman,’
    for she was taken out of man.(C)

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(D) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(E)

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