2. The Fall of Man (Genesis 3:1-5:32) | Bible.org 24 For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed ( Genesis 2:23-25 NASB). In the original creation, Adam and Eve had no parents, and they shared the same flesh. They were truly "one flesh.