Genesis 2:24. The Second God-given Institution

 Genesis 2:24 “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”

    God made man and and woman a family, united by the most sacred ties. In case anyone should presume that the precedent of marital family order and relation that God set at creation is merely a suggestion, inspiration spells it out as an injunction: “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” God himself ordained marriage between one man and one woman as an official institution, and biology and sociology testify to the wisdom in that. Notice also that marriage should bring a degree of separation from one’s parents in order to unite more fully with one’s spouse. To leave father and mother is not to abandon or cut ties with them, but to establish a distinct and autonomous household.