And if a man has two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and both the loved and the hated should have born him [children], and the son of the hated should be firstborn;

And if anyone should take a wife, and dwell with her, and hate her,

And if he take another to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her companionship [with him].

and the last husband should hate her, and write for her a certificate of divorce, and should give it into her hands, and send her away out of his house, and the last husband should die, who took her to himself for a wife;

And I saw that (for all the sins of which she was convicted, wherein the house of Israel committed adultery, and I put her away, and gave into her hands a certificate of divorce) yet faithless Judah feared not, but went and also committed fornication herself.

"Furthermore it has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a divorce certificate.'

"But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for a matter of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorcee commits adultery.

They said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?"

And I say to you, that whoever shall put away his wife, except [it be] for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marrying a divorcee commits adultery."

They said, "Moses permitted [a man] to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away."

But from the beginning of the creation, God 'made them male and female.'

'and the two shall become one flesh'; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.

In the house His disciples also asked Him again concerning the same [matter].

And if a wife should put away her husband and be married to another, she commits adultery."

Thus says the Lord, Of what kind is your mother's bill of divorcement, by which I put her away? Or to which debtor have I sold you? Behold, you are sold for your sins, and for your iniquities have I put your mother away.

and shall fine him a hundred shekels, and shall give [them] to the father of the young woman, because he has brought forth an evil name against a virgin of Israel; and she shall be his wife: he shall never be able to put her away.

the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the damsel fifty silver shekels, and she shall be his wife, because he has humbled her; he shall never be able to put her away.

But if you should hate [your wife] and put her away, says the Lord God of Israel, then ungodliness shall cover your thoughts, says the Lord Almighty: therefore take heed to your own spirit, and forsake them not,

Then Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to make her a public example, purposed to put her away secretly.

Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and everyone who marries a woman who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.

and even if she does separate, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband--and a husband is not to divorce his wife.

But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, let him not divorce her.