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


In Context

21 And 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 in its place.

22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, he made 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 cleave 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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