[SoothingDave]

Yes but sometimes other scriptures help put it in context and you keep leaving out Matthew 1:24 which says: Matthew 1 24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:

Yes, Joseph married Mary. This is not in dispute.

So now here in Genesis we get an idea of what a wife is: (and as oftentimes happen in the spiritual world, the verse number is the same......eeeek) Genesis 1:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

You think, perhaps, that this is a sexual reference? Grow up.

SD

[DouglasKC]

Genesis 1:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
You think, perhaps, that this is a sexual reference? Grow up.

It's not?? I think it's evident that we become in essence one flesh during sex. Although that's probably not the entire meaning of the verse.

[Invincibly Ignorant]

You think, perhaps, that this is a sexual reference? Grow up.

Why not. They were naked. :-)

[OLD REGGIE]

"...and they shall be one flesh"

You think, perhaps, that this is a sexual reference? Grow up.

You think this is not a sexual reference.

OK Slick Willie. You win.

[the808bass]

You think, perhaps, that this is a sexual reference? Grow up.

Do you think sex is not involved in the intimacy of a husband and wife? Do you think it is not part of "one flesh"? Grow up.