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Verse 6

But from the beginning of the creation ,.... Of the world, or of man: מתחלת ברייתו של עולם , "from the beginning of the creation of the world", is a way of speaking often used by the Jews F18 Bereshit Rabba, sect. 3. fol. 2. 3. & sect. 4. fol. 4. 1. : the phrase "of the creation" is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions; and so it was in Beza's most ancient copy, and it is only read, "from the beginning", as in Mat_19:4,8; see Gill on Matthew 19:4 , See Gill on Matthew 19:8 .

God made them male and female ; the first that were created, Adam and Eve, the first parents of mankind, the first couple that came together were one male and one female; so that there could be no polygamy or divorce: Adam could not have more wives than one: nor could he put away Eve, and marry another; no provision was made for any such usages and practices; See Gill on Matthew 19:4 . In the Complutensian edition, it is added, "and said", the following words.

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