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Genesis 2:23-24 KJV
Genesis · chapter 2 · verses 23–24 · King James Version
23And 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. 24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.Genesis 2:23-24 · King James Version
Genesis 2:23-24 in context
21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23And 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.
24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Cross references
- Ephesians 5:28-30
- 1 Corinthians 11:8-9
- 2 Samuel 5:1
- Matthew 19:3-9
- Ephesians 5:28-31
- Mark 10:6-12
- Romans 7:2
- 1 Peter 3:1-7
- 1 Corinthians 6:16-17
- 1 Corinthians 7:2-4
- Proverbs 31:10
Key words (Strong's)
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- motherʼêma motherH517 →
- cleavedâbaqproperly, to impingeH1692 →
- fleshbâsârfleshH1320 →
- Womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
- takenlâqachto takeH3947 →
- leaveʻâzabto loosenH5800 →
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