Genesis 1:26-27
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
The PERSON who Performed 1st Marriage.
Genesis 2:18
18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
The PEOPLE involved in the 1st Marriage.
Genesis 1:27
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 6:19
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
Matthew 19:4-5
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
The PURPOSE of Marriage
Genesis 2:18
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Genesis 2:18
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Genesis 1:28a
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: …
Genesis 2:19
19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Genesis 2:20a
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field;
Genesis 2:20b
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Malachi 2:14
14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Malachi 2:15a
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit…
Malachi 2:15b
…And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed.
Malachi 2:15c
Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Malachi 2:16a
16 For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: …therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.