Gen 2:24, Mat 19:5-6, Eph 5:31 | TSK | STEP | leave. cleave. and they shall be one flesh.The LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Samaritan read, "they two;" as is also read in several of the Parallel Passages.

Genesis 2:24

leave.

cleave.

Le 22:12,13; De 4:4; 10:20; Jos 23:8; Ps 45:10; Pr 12:4; 31:10

and they shall be one flesh.The LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Samaritan read, "they two;" as is also read in several of the Parallel Passages.

Mal 2:14-16; Mt 19:3-9; Mr 10:6-12; Ro 7:2; 1Co 6:16,17; 7:2-4,10

1Co 7:11; Eph 5:28-31; 1Ti 5:14; 1Pe 3:1-7

Matthew 19:5-6

said.

Ge 2:21-24; Ps 45:10; Mr 10:5-9; Eph 5:31

cleave.[Proskollao ,] "shall be cemented to his wife," as the Hebrew davak implies; a beautiful metaphor, forcibly intimating that nothing but death can separate them.

Ge 34:3; De 4:4; 10:20; 11:22; 1Sa 18:1; 2Sa 1:26; 1Ki 11:2; Ps 63:8

Ro 12:9

and they.

1Co 6:16; 7:2,4

God.

Pr 2:17; Mal 2:14; Mr 10:9; Ro 7:2; 1Co 7:10-14; Eph 5:28; Heb 13:4

hath.[Zeugos ,] "hath yoked together," as oxen in the plough, where each must pull equally in order to bring it on. Among the ancients, they put a yoke upon the necks of a new married couple, or chains on their arms, to shew that they were to be one, closely united, and pulling equally together in all the concerns of life.

Ephesians 5:31

Ge 2:24; Mt 19:5; Mr 10:7,8; 1Co 6:16