Genesis 2:24
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
24 Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.
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Genesis 2:24
King James Version
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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Genesis 2:24
English Standard Version
24 (A)Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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Genesis 2:24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
24 (A)That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body.[a]
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- 2:24 One body: lit., “one flesh.” The covenant of marriage establishes kinship bonds of the first rank between the partners.
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