And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made {them} at the beginning made them male and female,

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet {is} she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. {gave: Heb. called}

So God created man in his {own} image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Even so {must their} wives {be} grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, {that} in the place where it was said unto them, Ye {are} not my people, {there} it shall be said unto them, {Ye are} the sons of the living God. {in...: or, instead of that}

All the while my breath {is} in me, and the spirit of God {is} in my nostrils; {the spirit...: that is, the breath which God gave him}

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they {were} fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these {which are} of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. {could...: Heb. they discerned not to speak} {of each...: Heb. of people and people}

And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

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. {of the dust...: Heb. dust of the ground}

And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: {let} the same {be} the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.

Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Nevertheless, {to avoid} fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it {are} the issues of life. {with...: Heb. above all keeping}

And when he had said this, he breathed on {them}, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

So God created man in his {own} image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet {is} she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made {them} at the beginning made them male and female,

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that {is} thy portion in {this} life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. {Live...: Heb. See, or, Enjoy life}

Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of {those} lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day {that} the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex {her}, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life {time}. {a wife...: or, one wife to another}

And it came to pass in those days, when {there was} no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah. {a concubine: Heb. a woman a concubine, or, a wife a concubine}

But yet in it {shall be} a tenth, and {it} shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance {is} in them, when they cast {their leaves: so} the holy seed {shall be} the substance thereof. {and it...: or, when it is returned, and hath been broused} {substance: or, stock, or, stem}

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. {of his...: Heb. going out of his thigh}

Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they {were} fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.