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> [Genesis 2:18 JPS] And the Lord God said, **"It is not good that man is alone;** I shall make him a helpmate opposite him."
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> [Genesis 2:24 JPS] Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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