GEN 2:18-24 Marriage Law
Scripture
YHWH God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.” 19 Out of the ground YHWH God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him. 21 YHWH God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 YHWH God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. 23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.” 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Speaker: Other, YHWH | Bible Version: TCMV
Law
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Judgement
None specific.
Biblical Example
This is a biblical example of the Marriage Law being followed.
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
GEN 24:67 (KJV)
Interesting Facts
YHWH's Law grants a man permission to divorce his wife.
When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a certificate of divorce, put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
YHWH's Law grants a man permission to have more than one wife.
If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights. 11 If he doesn’t do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.
In the United States of America it is unlawful for a man to have a United States licensed marriage with more than one woman; doing so can lead to legal consequences. However, it is not illegal for a man to have multiple concubines which he has not entered into a United States licensed marriage with.
Present Day Example
This is a present day example of the Marriage Law being followed.
A man taking a woman to wife upon leaving his father and his mother.