unfoldingWord_en_tn/mrk/10/07.md

# For this reason a man ... one flesh

Jesus continues to quote what God said in the book of Genesis.

# For this reason

"Therefore" or "Because of this"

# be united to his wife

"join with his wife"

# they are no longer two, but one flesh

This is a metaphor to illustrate their close union as husband and wife. AT: "the two people are like one person" or "they are no longer two, but together they are one body" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# Therefore what God has joined together, let no man tear apart

The phrase "what God has joined together" refers to any married couple. AT: "Therefore since God has joined together husband and wife, let no one tear them apart" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/flesh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# For this reason a man ... one flesh`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Jesus continues to quote what God said in the book of Genesis.`

			`# For this reason`

			`"Therefore" or "Because of this"`

Snippet and note update 2017-08-31 12:56:13 +00:00			`# be united to his wife`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Snippet and note update 2017-08-31 12:56:13 +00:00			`"join with his wife"`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# they are no longer two, but one flesh`

Fixed note. tN Issue 389 2017-09-01 17:31:07 +00:00			`This is a metaphor to illustrate their close union as husband and wife. AT: "the two people are like one person" or "they are no longer two, but together they are one body" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# Therefore what God has joined together, let no man tear apart`

Fixed note. tN Issue 389 2017-09-01 17:33:45 +00:00			`The phrase "what God has joined together" refers to any married couple. AT: "Therefore since God has joined together husband and wife, let no one tear them apart" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00
			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/flesh]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]`