Genesis 2:24

King James Version (KJV)

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

Translations

Genesis 2:24 - Amplified Bible

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall become united {and} cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 2:24 - American Standard Version

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

Genesis 2:24 - 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.

Genesis 2:24 - Darby Bible

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

Genesis 2:24 - English Standard Version

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 2:24 - King James Version

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

Genesis 2:24 - La Biblia de las Americas

Por tanto el hombre dejará a su padre y a su madre y se unirá a su mujer, y serán una sola carne.

Genesis 2:24 - The Message

Genesis 2:24 - New American Standard Bible

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 2:24 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Por tanto el hombre dejará a su padre y a su madre y se unirá a su mujer, y serán una sola carne.

Genesis 2:24 - 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.

Genesis 2:24 - Young's Living Translation

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

Genesis 2:24 - Additional Comments

Interesting that the passage is looking at Adam and Eve, who had no parents, and drew the analogy to marriage being when you leave your father and mother.

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