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23 Then the man said, ‘Finally, this is someone who is right for me. She has bones that are taken from my bones. Her body comes from my body. I will call her “woman” because God used me, a man, to make her.’

24 Because of this, when a man marries, he leaves his father and his mother. Instead, God joins the man and his wife together. The two people become as one body.[a]

25 The man and his wife were not wearing any clothes. But they did not feel ashamed.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:24 This verse tells us about how a man and his wife should live after their marriage. They become a new family that is separate from their parents' families.