Genesis 2:24

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be 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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22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

23And 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.The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”

24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.The man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

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Both translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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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