24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall join to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.


In Context

21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her to 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 join to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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

Genesis 2:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:24Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:24Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:24therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.