King James Version
Genesis 2:24 in the King James Version says “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. made: Heb. builded
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. Woman: Heb. Isha Man: Heb. Ish
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“Therefore”
H3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“shall a man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and his mother”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
“and shall cleave”
H1692properly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
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