Genesis 2:24

Man and Woman in the Garden

23And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.” 24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

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Berean Standard Bible
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
American Standard Version (1901)
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Bible in Basic English
For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.
Free Bible Version
This is the reason a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one being.
Geneva Bible 1599
Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
King James (Authorized) Version
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
One Unity Resource Bible
Therefore a husband man will leave his father and his mother, and will dabak ·cling to, worship· with his wife woman, and they will be echad ·one· flesh.
Plain English Version
That’s how God made a woman, he made her out of a man’s body. That is the reason why a man will leave his mother and father and marry a woman. The man and his wife will join with each other, and their bodies will be like one body.
Translation for Translators
The first woman was taken from the man’s body, so that is why when a man and a woman marry, they must leave their parents. The man will join very closely to his wife, so that the two of them will be as though they are one person.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, he will be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Noah Webster Bible
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
World English Bible
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
Young's Literal Translation
therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.