Genesis 2:24
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“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
What Does Genesis 2:24 Mean?
Genesis 2:24 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 2, verse 24 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Marriage.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 2:24 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 19:3“The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?”Ephesians 5:28“So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.”Hebrews 13:4“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”Mark 10:6“But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.”Ephesians 5:25“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”Romans 7:2“For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.”1 Peter 3:1“Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;”1 Corinthians 7:2“Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”1 Corinthians 6:16“What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.”Mark 10:7“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;”Proverbs 31:10“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.”Malachi 2:14“Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.”Ephesians 5:31“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.”1 Corinthians 7:10“And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:”Mark 10:8“And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.”Proverbs 12:4“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.”Psalms 45:10“Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;”Leviticus 22:12“If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.”Deuteronomy 24:5“When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.”Deuteronomy 17:17“Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.”
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