‏ Genesis 4:19

two wives.

2:18,24; Mt 19:4-6,8

‏ Matthew 19:4-8

Have.

12:3; 21:6,42; 22:31; Mr 2:25; 12:10,26; Lu 6:3; 10:26

that.

Ge 1:27; 5:2; Mal 2:15

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.

Why.

5:31; De 24:1-4; Isa 50:1; Jer 3:8; Mr 10:4

and to.

1:19; Mal 2:16

because.

Ps 95:8; Zec 7:12; Mal 2:13,14; Mr 10:5

suffered.

3:15; 8:31; 1Co 7:6

but.

Ge 2:24; 7:7; Jer 6:16
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