Genesis 1:27
1:27 God created humankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them,
male and female he created them.
Genesis 2:20-23
2:20 So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam
no companion who corresponded to him was found.
2:21 So the
Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep,
and while he was asleep,
he took part of the man’s side
and closed up the place with flesh.
2:22 Then the
Lord God made
a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
2:23 Then the man said,
“This one at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one will be called ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.”
Genesis 5:2
5:2 He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.”
Malachi 2:14-16
2:14 Yet you ask, “Why?” The
Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young,
to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.
2:15 No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this.
What did our ancestor
do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.
2:16 “I hate divorce,”
says the
Lord God of Israel, “and the one who is guilty of violence,”
says the
Lord who rules over all. “Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful.”