Genesis 2:24 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 2:24 in 7 Bible Translations
Read Genesis 2:24 in the King James Version (KJV) and 6 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Genesis 2:24 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.”
Genesis 2:24 — World English Bible
Genesis 2:24 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 — American Standard Version
Genesis 2:24 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.”
Genesis 2:24 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 2:24 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.”
Genesis 2:24 — Darby Translation
Genesis 2:24 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.”
Genesis 2:24 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 2:24 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and be bonded to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Genesis 2:24 — The Living Sword
Genesis 2:24 in Context — Genesis 2
22 Y de la costilla que Jehová Dios tomó del hombre, hizo una mujer, y trájola al hombre.
23 Y dijo Adam: Esto es ahora hueso de mis huesos, y carne de mi carne: ésta será llamada Varona, porque del varón fué tomada.
24 Por tanto, dejará el hombre á su padre y á su madre, y allegarse ha á su mujer, y serán una sola carne.
25 Y estaban ambos desnudos, Adam y su mujer, y no se avergonzaban.
What Does Genesis 2:24 Mean?
Genesis 2:24 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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