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Genesis 2:24-25
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 2:24-25
New Catholic Bible
24 This is why a man leaves his father and his mother[a] and joins with a wife, and the two become one flesh.
25 Now the man and the woman were naked, but they did not feel any shame.
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- Genesis 2:24 Leaves his father and his mother: instead of remaining under the protective custody of his parents, a man leaves them and, with his wife, establishes a new family unit. Joins . . . one flesh: the divine intention for husband and wife was monogamy. Together they were to form an inseparable union, of which “one flesh” is both a sign and an expression.
