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Genesis 2:24

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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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The verses immediately either side, within Genesis 2.

Before

23The 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.”

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

After

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

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