...and flesh of my flesh. This one shall be called Woman, for from man she was taken.' For this reason a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they two become one. 3. SIN AND ITS TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES Now the serpent was more crafty than any...

...thinking. In the second chapter of The Book of Genesis, it is written: "Hence a man leaves his father and mother, and clings to his wife so that they become one flesh." In the SONG OF SONGS, we read: "How sweet is your love My own, my bride! How much more delightful your...

...flesh. This one shall be called Woman, For from man was she taken." 24Hence a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, so that they become one flesh. 2The two of them were naked, the man and his 3 wife, yet they felt no shame. 'Now the serpent was the...

...least in part from Christianity's understanding of Genesis 2:24, "Hence a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife so that they become one flesh." Based on this long, common-law tradition of reticence to recognize divorce, general civil divorce laws...

...a fitting companion (ezer k'negdo) for him (Genesis 2:18). B. Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, so that they become one flesh (Genesis 2:24). C. Oh, give me of the kisses of your mouth, For your love is sweeter than wine . . . My beloved...

...flesh. This one shall be called Woman, For from man was she taken." 24 Hence a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, so that they become one flesh. 25 The two of them were naked, the man and his wife, yet they felt no shame. 3:1 Now the serpent was...

...my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken.' Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh" (Gen 2:23-24). "One flesh" is not so much a symbol of a new relationship...

...flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken." 24Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. 25And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed. 'Now the...

...sanctity of marriage and the importance of fidelity. If the ideal is that "a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, so that they become one flesh" (Gen. 2:24), then to cling to another on the side goes against God's plan for humankind. When I teach...

...writer of Genesis comments on the primary purpose of sexuality, which is not procreation but oneness: "Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh" (Gen. 2:24). Trible sees woman as "gift — God's gift of life."72 The man...