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Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 2:24 · Webster Bible
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Genesis 2:24 in other translations
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
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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.
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