Leaving Father and Mother (1)

“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.” Gen. 2:24 There comes a time in the life of the young man when he breaks away from the parental home. After spending two de­cades or more in what to him was the only home he ever knew, he forsakes that home to make a new home for himself. This applies to the young woman also; a fact that is so obvious that the text quoted above does not even mention it. The young man forsakes...