[18] Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
Genesis 2:24 RSV
[24] Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Matthew 19:6 RSV
[6] So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder.”
Mark 10:5-9 RSV
[5] But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. [6] But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ [7] ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, [8] and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. [9] What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder.”
