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Did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
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God's Blueprint for Marriage
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that this verse points back to God's creation of one man and one woman (Adam and Eve). The phrase 'residue of the Spirit' means God had the power to create multiple wives for Adam but intentionally made only one to establish monogamy as His divine design for marriage.
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Malachi
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And did not He – God, of whom he had spoken as the witness between man and his wife – “make one,” namely, Adam first, to mark the oneness of…
19th Century
Anglican
These are two very difficult verses, which should perhaps, be rendered as follows:—
For did He not make [man and his wife,[Reference…
16th Century
Protestant
There is some obscurity in this verse, and consequently, no interpreter has arrived at the Prophet's meaning. The Rabbis almost all agree that Abra…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And did not he make one ? &c.] That is, did not God make one man, and out of his rib one woman? did he not make man, male and femal…
Corrupt practices are the fruit of corrupt principles; and he who is false to his God will not be true to his fellow human beings. In contempt of t…
