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Genesis 2:24-25
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Genesis 2:24-25
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
24 (A)That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body.[a]
25 The man and his wife were both naked, yet they felt no shame.[b]
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- 2:24 One body: lit., “one flesh.” The covenant of marriage establishes kinship bonds of the first rank between the partners.
- 2:25 They felt no shame: marks a new stage in the drama, for the reader knows that only young children know no shame. This draws the reader into the next episode, where the couple’s disobedience results in their loss of innocence.
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