Genesis 2:24

Coverdale Bible (1535)

For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleue vnto his wife, & they two shalbe one flesh.

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  • Matt 19:3-9 : 3 Then came vnto him the Pharises & tepted him, & sayde vnto him: Is it laufull for a man to put awaye his wife for eny maner of cause? 4 He answered & sayde vnto the: Haue ye not red, how yt he which made (man) at the begynnynge, made the ma & woma, 5 & sayde: For this cause shal a ma leaue father & mother, & cleue vnto his wife, & they two shalbe one fleshe. 6 Now are they not twayne then, but one flesh. Let not man therfore put a sunder, yt which God hath coupled together. 7 Then sayde they: Why dyd Moses then comaunde to geue a testimonyall of deuorsement, & to put her awaye? 8 He sayde vnto the: Moses (because of ye hardnes of yor hertes) suffred you to put awaye youre wyues: Neuertheles fro the begynnynge it hath not bene so. 9 But I saye vnto you: Whosoeuer putteth awaye his wife (excepte it be for fornicacion) and marieth another, breaketh wedlocke. And who so marieth her yt is deuorced, commytteth aduoutrye.
  • Eph 5:28-31 : 28 So oughte men also to loue their wyues, euen as their awne bodyes. He that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe. 29 For no ma euer yet hated his awne flesshe, but norisheth and cherissheth it, euen as the LORDE doth also the congregacion. 30 For we are membres of his body, of his flesh and of his bones. 31 For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleue vnto his wife, and they two shal be one flesh:
  • Mark 10:6-9 : 6 But from the first creacion God made the man and woman. 7 For this cause shal a man leaue his father & mother, and cleue vnto his wife, 8 and they two shalbe one flesh. Now are they not twayne the, but one flesh. 9 Let not man therfore put asunder that, which God hath coupled together. 10 And at home his disciples axed him agayne of ye same. 11 And he sayde vnto the: Who so euer putteth awaye his wife, & marieth another, breaketh wedlocke to her warde. 12 And yf a woma forsake hir hussbande, & be maried to another, she comitteth aduoutrie.
  • 1 Cor 6:16-17 : 16 Or do ye not knowe, that he which cleueth vnto an harlot, is one body? For they shalbe two ( sayeth he) in one flesshe. 17 But he that cleueth vnto the LORDE, is one sprete.
  • Mal 2:14-16 : 14 And yet ye saye: wherfore? Euen because that where as the LORDE made a couenaut betwixte ye and the wife off thy youth, thou hast despysed her: Yet is she thyne owne copanyon and maried wife. 15 So dyd not the one, & yet had he an excellent sprete. What dyd then the one? He sought the sede promised of God. Therfore loke well to youre sprete, & let no man despyse ye wife of his youth. 16 Yf thou hatest her, put her awaye, sayeth the LORDE God of Israel and geue her a clothinge for the scorne, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes. Loke well then to youre sprete, and despyse her not.
  • 1 Cor 7:10-11 : 10 But vnto them that are maried, commaunde not I, but the LORDE, that the wife separate not her selfe from the hussbande: 11 but yf she separate her selfe, yt she remayne vnmaried, or be reconcyled to hir hussbande: and let not the hussbande put awaye his wife from him.
  • 1 Pet 3:1-7 : 1 Likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their hussbandes, that euen they which beleue not the worde, maye without the worde be wonne by ye couersacion of the wyues, 2 whan they beholde yor pure conuersacion in feare. 3 Whose apparell shal not be outwarde wt broyded heer, & hanginge on of golde, or in puttynge on of gorgious araye, 4 but let ye inwarde ma of ye hert be vncorrupte wt a meke & a quyete sprete, which before God is moch set by. 5 For after this maner in the olde tyme, dyd ye holy weme which trusted in God, tyer the selues, & were obedient vnto their hussbades: 6 Euen as Sara obeyed Abraham, and called him lorde: whose doughters ye are, as loge as ye do well, not beynge afrayed for eny trouble. 7 Likewyse ye men, dwell with them acordinge vnto knowlege, geuynge honor vnto the wife, as to the weaker vessel: & as vnto the yt are heyres with you of the grace of life, that youre prayers be not let.
  • 1 Cor 7:2-4 : 2 Neuertheles to avoyde whordome, let euery man haue his awne wife, and let euery woman haue hir awne hussbande. 3 Let the ma geue vnto the wife due beneuolence: likewyse also the wife vnto ye man. 4 The wife hath not power ouer hir awne body, but the hussbande: & likewyse the man hath not power ouer his awne body, but the wife.
  • Ps 45:10 : 10 Kynges doughters go in thy goodly araye, & vpon thy right honde stondeth the quene in a vesture of the most fyne golde.

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  • Matt 19:4-6
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    4He answered & sayde vnto the: Haue ye not red, how yt he which made (man) at the begynnynge, made the ma & woma,

    5& sayde: For this cause shal a ma leaue father & mother, & cleue vnto his wife, & they two shalbe one fleshe.

    6Now are they not twayne then, but one flesh. Let not man therfore put a sunder, yt which God hath coupled together.

  • Eph 5:28-33
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    28So oughte men also to loue their wyues, euen as their awne bodyes. He that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe.

    29For no ma euer yet hated his awne flesshe, but norisheth and cherissheth it, euen as the LORDE doth also the congregacion.

    30For we are membres of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.

    31For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleue vnto his wife, and they two shal be one flesh:

    32This is a greate secrete: but I speake of Christ and the congregacion.

    33Neuertheles do ye so, that euery one of you loue his wife euen as himselfe: but let the wife feare hir hussbande.

  • Mark 10:6-9
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    6But from the first creacion God made the man and woman.

    7For this cause shal a man leaue his father & mother, and cleue vnto his wife,

    8and they two shalbe one flesh. Now are they not twayne the, but one flesh.

    9Let not man therfore put asunder that, which God hath coupled together.

  • Gen 2:21-23
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    87%

    21Then the LORDE God caused an herde slepe to fall vpon man, and he slepte. And he toke out one of his rybbes, and (in steade therof) he fylled vp ye place with flesh.

    22And the LORDE God made a woman, of ye rybbe that he toke out of man, and brought her vnto him.

    23Then sayde man: This is once bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shalbe called woman, because she was take of man.

  • Gen 2:25
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    25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

  • Gen 2:18
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    18And the LORDE God sayde: It is not good yt ma shulde be alone. I wil make him an helpe, to beare him copany.

  • Deut 24:1-2
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    1Whan a man taketh a wife, and marieth her, and she findeth no fauoure in his eyes because of eny vnclennesse, the shal he wryte a byll of deuorcemet, and geue it her in hir hade, and sende her out of his house.

    2Yf whan she is gone out of his house, she go, and be another mans wyfe,

  • 1 Cor 7:2-4
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    2Neuertheles to avoyde whordome, let euery man haue his awne wife, and let euery woman haue hir awne hussbande.

    3Let the ma geue vnto the wife due beneuolence: likewyse also the wife vnto ye man.

    4The wife hath not power ouer hir awne body, but the hussbande: & likewyse the man hath not power ouer his awne body, but the wife.

  • 1 Cor 6:16-17
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    16Or do ye not knowe, that he which cleueth vnto an harlot, is one body? For they shalbe two ( sayeth he) in one flesshe.

    17But he that cleueth vnto the LORDE, is one sprete.

  • Mal 2:15
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    15So dyd not the one, & yet had he an excellent sprete. What dyd then the one? He sought the sede promised of God. Therfore loke well to youre sprete, & let no man despyse ye wife of his youth.

  • Gen 5:2
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    2Male and female made he them, and blessed the, & called their names Man, in the tyme whan they were created.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
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    10But vnto them that are maried, commaunde not I, but the LORDE, that the wife separate not her selfe from the hussbande:

    11but yf she separate her selfe, yt she remayne vnmaried, or be reconcyled to hir hussbande: and let not the hussbande put awaye his wife from him.

  • Gen 1:27-28
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    27And God created man after his licknesse: after ye licknesse of God created he him, male & female created he them.

    28And God blessed them, and sayde vnto them: Growe, and multiplie, and fyll the earth, and subdue it, & haue domynion ouer the fish of the see, and ouer the foules of the ayre, and ouer all the beastes that crepe vpo the earth.

  • Deut 22:30
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    30Noma shal take his fathers wife, ner vncouer his fathers couerynge.

  • Gen 3:20
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    20And Adam called his wyfe Heua, because she is the mother of all lyuynge.

  • Gen 4:1
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    1Morouer Adam laye with Heua his wyfe, which coceaued & bare Cain, and sayde, I haue opteyned ye man of the LORDE.

  • Eph 5:24-25
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    24Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ, likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their hussbandes in all thinges.

    25Ye hussbandes loue youre wyues, euen as Christ loued the congregacion, and gaue himselfe for it,

  • Matt 22:25
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    25Now were there with us seue brethren. The first maried a wife, and dyed: & for somoch as he had no sede, he left his wife vnto his brother.

  • Deut 28:30
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    30Thou shalt spouse a wife, but another shal lye with her. Thou shalt buylde an house, but another shall dwell therin. Thou shalt plante a vynyarde, but shalt not make it comen.

  • Gen 2:15
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    15And the LORDE God toke man, & set him in the pleasaunt garden of Eden, to dresse it & to kepe it.

  • Eph 5:22
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    22Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto their hussbandes, as vnto the LORDE.

  • 1 Cor 11:8
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    8For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man.

  • 1 Tim 2:13
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    13For Adam was first formed, and the Eue:

  • Prov 5:18
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    18Let thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wife of thy youth.

  • Deut 25:11
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    11Yf two men stryue together, and the wyfe of one renne to, to delyuer hir husbande from the hande of him that smyteth him, & put forth hir hande, and take him by the secretes,

  • Mark 10:11
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    11And he sayde vnto the: Who so euer putteth awaye his wife, & marieth another, breaketh wedlocke to her warde.

  • 1 Cor 11:11
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    11Neuertheles nether is the man without ye woman, nether the woman without the ma in the LORDE.

  • Heb 13:4
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    4Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all poyntes, & let ye chamber be vndefyled. For whorekepers and aduouterers God wil iudge.

  • Deut 20:7
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    7Who so hath spoused a wyfe, and hath not yet brought her home, let him go, and byde at home, yt he die not in the battayll, & another brynge her home.