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Gen 2:24 — Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

leave		Gen 24:58,59; Gen 31:14,15; Psa 45:10
cleave		Lev 22:12,13; Deu 4:4; Deu 10:20; Jos 23:8; Psa 45:10; Pro 12:4; Pro 31:10; Act 11:23
and they shall be one flesh		"The LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Samaritan read, ""they two;"" as is also read in several of the Parallel Passages. Mal 2:14-16; Mat 19:3-9; Mar 10:6-12; Rom 7:2; 1Cr 6:16,17; 1Cr 7:2-4,10; 1Cr 7:11; Eph 5:28-31; 1Ti 5:14; 1Pe 3:1-7"

Correlating Passages

leave

	Gen 24:58	And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
	Gen 24:59	And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
	Gen 31:14	And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, [Is there] yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
	Gen 31:15	Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
	Psa 45:10	Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

cleave

	Lev 22:12	If the priest's daughter also be [married] unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
	Lev 22:13	But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
	Deu 4:4	But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God [are] alive every one of you this day.
	Deu 10:20	Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
	Jos 23:8	But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
	Psa 45:10	Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
	Pro 12:4	A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
	Pro 31:10	Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.
	Act 11:23	Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

and they shall be one flesh

	Mal 2:14	Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
	Mal 2:15	And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
	Mal 2:16	For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for [one] covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
	Mat 19:3	The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
	Mat 19:4	And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made [them] at the beginning made them male and female,
	Mat 19:5	And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
	Mat 19:6	Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
	Mat 19:7	They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
	Mat 19:8	He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
	Mat 19:9	And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except [it be] for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
	Mar 10:6	But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
	Mar 10:7	For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
	Mar 10:8	And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
	Mar 10:9	What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
	Mar 10:10	And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same [matter].
	Mar 10:11	And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
	Mar 10:12	And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
	Rom 7:2	For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.
	1Cr 6:16	What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
	1Cr 6:17	But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
	1Cr 7:2	Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
	1Cr 7:3	Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
	1Cr 7:4	The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
	1Cr 7:10	And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:
	1Cr 7:11	But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife.
	Eph 5:28	So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
	Eph 5:29	For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
	Eph 5:30	For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
	Eph 5:31	For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
	1Ti 5:14	I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
	1Pe 3:1	Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
	1Pe 3:2	While they behold your chaste conversation [coupled] with fear.
	1Pe 3:3	Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
	1Pe 3:4	But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
	1Pe 3:5	For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
	1Pe 3:6	Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
	1Pe 3:7	Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 2:24," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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