Genesis 2:24 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 2:24 in 7 Bible Translations

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Genesis 2:24 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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 — World English Bible

Genesis 2:24 ASV — 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. ”

Genesis 2:24 — American Standard Version

Genesis 2:24 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“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 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 2:24 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Genesis 2:24 — Darby Translation

Genesis 2:24 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.”

Genesis 2:24 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 2:24 LS — The Living Sword (2024)

“Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and be bonded to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

Genesis 2:24 — The Living Sword

Genesis 2:24 in Context — Genesis 2

22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto 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 unto 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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What Does Genesis 2:24 Mean?

Genesis 2:24 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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