King James Version (KJV)

Genesis 2:24

“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”

Verse in context — Genesis 2

22

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23

And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

24

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

25

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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