Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore shall a man leave his father, and his mother,.... These are thought by some to be the words of Moses, inferring from the above fact, what ought to be among men; and by others, the words of…
Barnes' Notes
These might be the words of the first man Gen 2:24. As he thoroughly understood the relation between himself and the woman, there is no new difficulty in conceiving him to become acquainted at the…
Adam Clarke
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother - There shall be, by the order of God, a more intimate connection formed between the man and woman, than can subsist even between parents and…
Here we have, I. The making of the woman, to be a help-meet for Adam. This was done upon the sixth day, as was also the placing of Adam in paradise, though it is here mentioned after an account of the…
Cambridge Bible
Therefore shall a man, &c. This verse contains the comment which the narrator makes upon the words of the man in Gen 2:2. The word "therefore" introduces his inference. As in Gen 10:9; Gen 26:33; Gen…
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