Genesis To Ephesians

“For this cause shall man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

-Ephesians 

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

-Genesis

We can see that it is not a direct quote, but so far we’ve learned nothing Paul adds is direct. 

As he starts out with in Ephesians, the verse says “For this cause” instead of "Therefore", however, I think Paul might have changed this so it would fit better, as we can see a smooth transition from Ephesians, verse 30, saying “For we are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.” We can see that Paul used this verse from Genesis, to represent the church body. Opposed to the original quote continuing the creation story, and God making Eve, where we can find in the the verses before that say starting back in verse 21, “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh thereof;

And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he woman, and brought her unto man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 

We also see a pattern of “bones, and flesh” here. As Genesis is saying “bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh”, Paul is describing the church like that, by saying “For we are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.” So, we should be cleaved to Jesus. Not alone, but united as a church body, and family. 

After the starting words, it’s pretty much the same. Though it does mix around a little with words and timing. When you think about it, different translations say slightly different words. All of them preach the same truth of course, but they are all still slightly different. For instance, I am using the King James translation, but our study we are doing right now uses the NASB, which says 

“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

-NASB

Which is slightly different from:

“For this cause shall man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

-KJV