Matthew 19:5 (KJV)

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And said For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife and they twain shall be one flesh
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said. Ge 2:21-24 Ps 45:10 Mr 10:5-9 Eph 5:31

cleave.[Proskollao ,] "shall be cemented to his wife," as the Hebrew davak implies; a beautiful metaphor, forcibly intimating that nothing but death can separate them. Ge 34:3 De 4:4 De 10:20 De 11:22 1Sa 18:1 2Sa 1:26 1Ki 11:2 Ps 63:8 Ro 12:9

and they. 1Co 6:16 1Co 7:2 1Co 7:4

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