Mark 10:6

6 “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’^[a]

Mark 10:6 in Other Translations

6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

6 But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female. ’

6 But ‘God made them male and female’ from the beginning of creation.

6 In the original creation, God made male and female to be together.

6 But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them.

6 But God made them male and female in the beginning, at creation.

6 But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.

6 "But at the beginning of creation, God 'made them male and female.'(Genesis 1:27)

Mark 10:6 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:6

But from the beginning of the creation
Of the world, or of man: (Mlwe lv wtyyrb tlxtm) , "from the beginning of the creation of the world", is a way of speaking often used by the Jews ^F18: the phrase "of the creation" is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions; and so it was in Beza's most ancient copy, and it is only read, "from the beginning", as in Mt 19:4,8, (See Gill on Matthew 19:4), (See Gill on Matthew 19:8).

God made them male and female;
the first that were created, Adam and Eve, the first parents of mankind, the first couple that came together were one male and one female; so that there could be no polygamy or divorce: Adam could not have more wives than one: nor could he put away Eve, and marry another; no provision was made for any such usages and practices; (See Gill on Matthew 19:4). In the Complutensian edition, it is added, "and said", the following words.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Bereshit Rabba, sect. 3. fol. 2. 3. & sect. 4. fol. 4. 1.

Mark 10:6 In-Context

4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”

5 “It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied.

6 “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’

7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

8 and the two will become one flesh.’So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:2

Footnotes

• [a] Gen. 1:27