 | | "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And so, just as Eve was formed from Adam's rib, not from his head as to rule him, or from his foot to be stepped on, but from his side, to be a helpmate, a partner in life, you have been given to me by God, _______________, to be my partner as we walk side by side through life together and I hereby vow before God and these witnesses to be a true and faithful husband to you, always nurturing, comforting and supporting, loving you until I live no more."
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| | "But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. _____________, as we are united in marriage this day, we shall also cleave to each other, no longer twain, but becoming one flesh, and no forces on earth can ever tear us apart. I pledge my love to you eternally until death parts us."
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