Genesis 2:23-24

Devotionals, Articles, and Bible Study Resources on Genesis 2:23-24

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.
— Genesis 2:23-24

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