1. Emphasis supplied. See also Proverbs 2:17; Ezekiel 16:8.
 2. Paul E. Palmer, “Christian Marriage:Contract or Covenant?” Theological Studies, vol. 33, no.4 (December 1972): 639.
 3. Emphasis supplied.
 4. Ed Wheat, Love for Every Married Couple (Grand Rapids, 1980), p.38.
 5. H. C. Leupold, Exposition of Genesis, 2 vols. (Grand Rapids, 1942), vol.1, .137.
 6. See also Proverbs 2:17. (46.1)