3. Yahweh God
said:
It is not good for
man to be alone.
I will make for
him a suitable
helper.
4. Then Yahweh God formed
from the earth all the beasts of
the field and all the birds of
5. and He brought
them to Man to see
what he would call
them and whatever
Man called every
living creature,
that was its name.
6. So Man gave names to
all the cattle, the birds of
the air and to every beast of
the field but there was
not a helper suitable
for Man and like
him among them.
7. Then Yahweh
God caused a
deep sleep to
come over Man
and
And whilehe fell asleep.
he slept,
God took one of his ribs
and filled its place with flesh.
8. And Yahweh God formed
from the rib which He had
taken from Man,
a woman
and He
brought her
to the man.
9. Then Man said: “Now,
this is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh.
She shall
be called
woman for
she was taken
out of man.”
10. That is why
man leaves
his father
and mother
and is attached
to his wife and
they become
one body.
42. Jesus answered
them saying:
“What command did
Moses give you?”
They replied: “Moses
allowed a husband to
write a bill of divorce
and dismiss his wife. ”
43. Then Jesus
answered:
“It was because of your
hardness of heart and
stubbornness that
Moses wrote you this
44. But “from the beginning
of creation God made
them male and female.
45. And it is for
this reason
that a man
leaves his
father and
mother and
is joined
to his wife