“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;”
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife — the Genesis 2:24 citation continues the appeal to the creation order. Leave father and mother: the primary human bond (parent-child) is superseded by the marriage bond. The leaving communicates that marriage creates a new primary unit — not a subsidiary relationship within the family of origin but a new family in itself.
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