Genesis 2:24 (WEB)
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
Catechism · 6
The Sacrament of Matrimony
“The woman, "flesh of his flesh," i.e., his counterpart, his equal, his nearest in all things, is given to him by God as a "helpmate"; she thus represents God from whom comes our help.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 2:18-25.
“This is a great mystery, and I mean in reference to Christ and the Church."” — Catechism footnote: Eph 5:25-26, 31-32; Cf. Gen 2:24.
“This consent that binds the spouses to each other finds its fulfillment in the two "becoming one flesh."” — Catechism footnote: Gen 2:24; cf. Mt 10:8; Eph 5:31.
“The love of the spouses requires, of its very nature, the unity and indissolubility of the spouses' community of persons, which embraces their entire life: "so they are no longer two, but one flesh."” — Catechism footnote: Mt 19:6; cf. Gen 2:24.
The Sixth Commandment
“…in the flesh the Creator's generosity and fecundity: "Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh."” — Catechism footnote: Gen 2:24.
Man
“In marriage God unites them in such a way that, by forming "one flesh",” — Catechism footnote: Gen 2:24
Fathers and councils · 28
Tertullian
“…my bones, and flesh of my flesh; therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they two shall become one flesh,” he experienced the influence of the Spirit.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24, 25.
Read the whole comment“Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and he shall cleave unto his wife; and they two shall be one flesh.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 23, 24.
Read the whole comment“Finally, “there shall be,” said He, “two in one flesh,” not three nor four.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24.
Read the whole comment“…himself at that time, reverting to the condition of a Psychic after the spiritual ecstasy in which he had prophetically interpreted that “great sacrament” with reference to Christ and the Church, and no longer being “capable of the things which were the Spirit’s,” yielded more readily to his belly than to God,…” — editor's note: Comp. Eph. v. 32 with Gen. ii. 23, 24.
Read the whole comment- Tertullian, To His Wife II.8Book II
“Both (are) brethren, both fellow servants, no difference of spirit or of flesh; nay, (they are) truly “two in one flesh.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24; Matt. xix. 5; Mark x. 8; Eph. v. 31.
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Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus IV.49Book IV
“This is a great mystery; but I speak concerning Christ and the Church.”” — editor's note: Cf. Eph. v. 31, 32. Cf. Gen. ii. 24.
Read the whole comment - Origen, Against Celsus VI.47Book VI
“It is said of husband and wife, “They are no longer twain, but one flesh;” and of the perfect man, and of him who is joined to the true Lord, Word, and Wisdom, and Truth, that “he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.”” — editor's note: Cf. Gen. ii. 24.
Read the whole comment - Origen, De Principiis II.6Book II
“More truly indeed of this than of any other can the statement be affirmed, “They shall both be in one flesh, and are no longer two, but one flesh.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24; cf. Mark x. 8.
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Jerome
“First of all, he says, God declares that“therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24.
Read the whole comment““Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24, LXX.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For God took a rib from the man, and formed the woman so as to join them one to the other, and said: “They shall be one flesh.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24.
Read the whole comment“…as it is written, one soul and one heart: if every one that cleaveth to the Lord is one spirit, as the Apostle hath said: if a man and his wife are one flesh: if all we mortal men are, so far as regards our general nature, of one substance: if this is what the Scripture saith of created men, that, being many, they…” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24; S. Matt. x. 8.
Read the whole comment“For God set the feeling of good-will in the man and woman, saying: “They shall be one flesh,” and (one may add) one spirit.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24.
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Gregory the Great
“We know how it is written, Two shall be one flesh (Matth. xix. 5; 1 Cor. vi. 16; Gen. ii. 24).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Not indeed that a son can uncover his father’s nakedness; but, since it is written in the law, They too shall be one flesh (Gen. ii. 24), he who has presumed to uncover the nakedness of his stepmother, who has been one flesh with his father, has in truth uncovered his father’s nakedness.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“Because “they twain,” as He hath said, “shall be one flesh.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24.
Read the whole comment“…consist together in the unity of integrity, and not be separated the one from the other; as in that marriage whereof it is said, “They two shall be one flesh.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24; Eph. v. 31.
Read the whole comment“Because then David in a figure is Christ, but Christ, as we have often reminded your Love, is both Head and Body; neither ought we to speak of ourselves as alien from Christ, of whom we are members, nor to count ourselves as if we were any other thing: because “The two shall be in one flesh.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24.
Read the whole comment“For one Man with His Head and Body is Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the Body and the Members of the Body: two in one Flesh, and in one voice, and in one passion, and, when iniquity shall have passed over, in one rest.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24; Eph. v. 31.
Read the whole comment“There shall be two in one flesh.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24.
Read the whole comment“For this also was at the beginning, “They two shall be one flesh:” which great mystery the Apostle Paul expounding, saith, “I speak concerning Christ and the Church.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24.
Read the whole comment“…regarding the permission to write a bill of divorcement given by the said Moses, by whom also it is recorded that God made male and female to be one flesh, was addressed by these Pharisees to the Lord at the time when He was forbidding the separation of husband and wife, and confirming His declaration on that…” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24.
Read the whole comment“…joined the two, the Bridegroom and the bride, the Bridegroom the Word, and the bride the flesh; because it is written, “And they twain shall be one flesh;” and the Lord saith in the Gospel, “Therefore they are no more twain but one flesh.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24.
Read the whole comment“…or whatever other more significant terms there may be by which to express them; so that, as it was said of the former, “And they two shall be in one flesh,” it may be said of these, they two are in one mind.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24
Read the whole comment“As if the Holy Spirit could not have comprehended this, too, in that brief statement, while about to narrate the birth of the son afterwards in its own place; as it narrated afterwards in its own place, that the woman was taken from the side of the man, and yet has not omitted here to name her.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24, 22
Read the whole comment“Now, if Christ cleave to the Church, so that the two should be one flesh, in what manner did He leave His Father and His mother?” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…and filled with such sorrow by the news, what must not have been the sufferings of a husband and yoke-fellow, made, as the Scripture says, one flesh, at the violent sundering of the union cemented both by time and love?” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24
Read the whole comment“Whenever I cast my eyes on the divine law which calls those who are joined together in marriage “one flesh,” I am at a loss how to comfort the limb that has been sundered, because I take account of the greatness of the pang.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24
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Cross-references · 47
Parallel passages
Genesis 2:24 and Zechariah 13:3 share the same wording (10 words).
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Cited together in Catechism §2335.
Cited together in Catechism §2335.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 4.
Cited together in Catechism §2335.
Cited together in Catechism §2335.
Cited together in Catechism §2335.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 15.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 15.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 15.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.30.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.30.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.30.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 11.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 11.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.32.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.32.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.32.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.30.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XII.6.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.30.
Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 3.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 21.
Cited together in Catechism §1627.
Cited together in Catechism §1605 and 1 other place.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 21.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 21.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.47.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.32.
Cited together in Catechism §1616.
Cited together in Catechism §1616.
Cited together in Catechism §1616 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Catechism §1616 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Catechism §372 and 1 other place.
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Mark 10:7 takes up the words of Genesis 2:24 (11 words in common).
Ephesians 5:31 takes up the words of Genesis 2:24 (7 words in common).
