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

עַל־כֵּן֙ יַֽעֲזָב־אִ֔ישׁ אֶת־אָבִ֖יו וְאֶת־אִמֹּ֑ו וְדָבַ֣ק בְּאִשְׁתֹּ֔ו וְהָי֖וּ לְבָשָׂ֥ר אֶחָֽד׃

Genesis 2:24

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Marriage Men and women

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 2:24).

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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.

Genesis 2:23

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 2:23).

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As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.

Psalm 103:15-16

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The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Psalm 103:15-16).

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And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

Genesis 3:13-14

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 3:13-14).