This interdependent relationship between a husband and wife is described at Genesis 2: 24: “A man will leave his father and his mother and he must stick to his wife and they must become one flesh. ”
وهذا الاعتماد المتبادل بين الزوج والزوجة موصوف في التكوين ٢ :‏ ٢٤ التي تقول :‏ « يترك الرجل اباه وأمه ويلتصق بزوجته ويصيران جسدا واحدا » .‏