And did not he make them one? Yet had he the remnant of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
His spirit. Eve received a soul from God, like Adam. Hebrew, "One (Abraham, Chaldean styled one, Ezechiel xxxiii. 24.) did it not, and he had the "Septuagint vary. The text is very obscure. (Calmet) See Cap. Crit. iv. p. 317.; Grabe prologue.
A strange god did not make women. The human race is best propagated, where polygamy and divorces are rejected. (Haydock)