Genesis 2:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These might be the words of the first man Genesis 2:24 . As he thoroughly understood the relation between himself and the woman, there is no new difficulty in conceiving him to become acquainted a...
Genesis 2:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore shall a man leave (p) his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. (p) So marriage requires a greater duty of us toward our wives, than otherwise...
Genesis 2:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

J's Story of Creation and Paradise Lost. This story does not belong to P, for it is free from its characteristics in style, vocabulary, and point of view. It is distinguished from P's creation stor...
Genesis 2:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Therefore, &c, quoted Matthew 19:5 , &c. 1 Corinthians 6:16 ; Ephesians 5:31 .
Genesis 2:24 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

24. Therefore shall a man leave It is doubted whether Moses here introduces God as speaking, or continues the discourse of Adam, or, indeed, has added this, in virtue of his office as teache...
Genesis 2:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother - There shall be, by the orde...
Genesis 2:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Therefore shall a man, &c.— It is evident, that Adam, before he expressed these words, had been instructed by God in the nature of that institution to which these words refer, and the nature of...
Genesis 2:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unt...
Genesis 2:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paradise and the Fall In this famous passage we possess a wealth of moral and spiritual teaching regarding God and man. The intention of the writer is evidently to give an answer to the question:...
Genesis 2:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE. The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve remained in their original state of innocence for six hours only. Others have supp...
Genesis 2:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE CREATION Genesis 1:1-31 ; Genesis 2:1-25 IF anyone is in search of accurate information regarding the age of this earth, or its relation to the sun, moon, and stars, or regarding the order...
Genesis 2:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Man and Woman, Temptation Genesis 2:18-25 ; Genesis 3:1-8 Human love is God's best gift to man. Without it even Eden would not be Paradise. That Adam was able to name the animals, affixing a t...
Genesis 2:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter gives us a fuller account of man. Three distinct movements are chronicled in the brief but comprehensive account. First, "Jehovah God formed man of the dust." The Hebrew word "formed" s...
Genesis 2:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS MANY are the sweet reflections which are suggested to the Readers mind, from the perusal of this Chapter. Here is the first institution of the holy sabbath. And here we meet also with th...
Genesis 2:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 o...
Genesis 2:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Ver. 24. Therefore shall a man leave, &c. ] Whether these are the words of G...
Genesis 2:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The sabbath and marriage were two ordinances instituted in innocence, the former for the preservation of the church, the latter for the preservation of mankind. It appears by Matthew 19:4-5 , that i...
Genesis 2:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SEVENTH DAY The first three verses here are directly connected with chapter 1. "Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished." The work of the first creation occupie...
Genesis 2:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Formation of Eve; Marriage Instituted. B. C. 4004. 21 And the L ORD God caused a...
Genesis 2:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These are the words of Moses by Divine instinct, or his inference from Adam's words. Shall a man leave his father and his mother; in regard of habitation and society, but not as to natural duty and...
Genesis 2:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Man's Establishment and Fall ( Genesis 2:4 to Genesis 3:24 ) TABLET II. Genesis 2 and Genesis 3 form a unit distinguished by the fact that God is called Yahweh Elohim (Lord God), a usage rep...
Genesis 2:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 2:18 . Help meet] Prob. “according to his front” (Dav.) or “corresponding to him” (Ges., Fürst, Dav.). Genesis 2:19 . To see what He would call them ] Or: “that he [A...
Genesis 2:24 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 2:24 I. The gift of speech to Adam was in itself a sublime prophecy that man was not to remain alone and without a companion in the garden where God had placed him. Glorious as man's condi...
Genesis 2:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 2:1 . By host is meant, not the angels, as some have thought, but the starry heavens. Psalms 33:6 . Genesis 2:2 . On the seventh day God ended his work. The Samaritan Pentateuch reads...
Genesis 2:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

I will make him an help meet for him The creation of woman I. WOMAN WAS BROUGHT TO MAN IN ORDER THAT SHE MIGHT RELIEVE HIS SOLITUDE BY INTELLIGENT COMPANIONSHIP. II. WOMAN WAS BROUGHT TO MAN...
Genesis 2:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 2:18 In anticipation of the ensuing narrative of the temptation and the fall, the historian, having depicted man's settlement in Eden, advances to complete his dramatis...
Genesis 2:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The creation of Woman
Genesis 2:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

leave. Genesis 24:58 Genesis 24:59 Genesis 31:14 Genesis 31:15 Psalms 45:10 cleave. Leviticus 22:12 Leviticus 22:13 Deuteronomy 4:4 Deuteronomy 10:20 Joshua 23:8 Psalms 45:10 P...
Genesis 2:24 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Adam and Eve Genesis 2:19-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Genesis is the Book of beginnings. The only thing, so far as man is concerned, before Genesis, is God. Revelation is the Book of the beginning a...
Genesis 2:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The sabbath and marriage were two ordinances instituted in innocency, the former for the preservation of the church, the latter for the preservation of mankind. It appears by Matthew 19:4-5 , that...

Genesis 2:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 2:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 2:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 2:24 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 2:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 2:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 2:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 2:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 2:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 2:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 2:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 2:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 2:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 2:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 2:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 2:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 2:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 2:24 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 2:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 2:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 2:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 2:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 2:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 2:24 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 2:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes