Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh. Genesis 2:24 WEB 

Chapter two in the Book of Genesis describes the creation of the first man and woman. First, the Lord made Adam. Genesis 2:7 reads, “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. KJV” Then, the Lord made a garden in the east of Eden. 

After placing Adam in the Garden of Eden, the Lord then created a suitable mate for the first man. Genesis 2:21-22 describes the creation of the mother of all mankind saying, “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. KJV”

Flesh of My Flesh

Upon receiving Eve from the Lord Adam proclaimed in Genesis 2:23, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. KJV ” It is at this point that scripture makes clear the importance of marriage between a man and a woman. As the first man and women come from one flesh, upon reaching maturity, God intends that a man leave his mother and father and join as one flesh with his wife.

The practice of a mother and father raising their children in a faithful, monogamous relationship was God’s plan for human families from the very beginning. As Jesus said of married couples in Matthew 19:6, “they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate. NIV” In marriage, a man and a woman create a new family. The sexual union of a man and a woman brings with it the happy circumstance of childbirth and the joint parental responsibility to raise their offspring in a stable, loyal, and loving environment.  

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