said: Gen 2:21-24; Psa 45:10; Mar 10:5-9; Eph 5:31
cleave: Προσκολληθησεται [Strong's G4347], "shall be cemented to his wife," as the Hebrew davak implies; a beautiful metaphor, forcibly intimating that nothing but death can separate them. Gen 34:3; Deu 4:4, Deu 10:20, Deu 11:22; 1Sa 18:1; 2Sa 1:26; 1Ki 11:2; Psa 63:8; Rom 12:9