She sees it as a subtle comment on marriage in light of the social reality of its time. Of course the woman would leave her home and family for her new husband. But the man needed to shift his loyalties to his new wife too. Richter reads Genesis 2:24 as saying, Young man, although you have all the benefits and comforts in this system, from this day onward you shall live your life as if you too have left. She is now bone of your bones and flesh of your flesh. Your most significant kinship alliance, as of today, is her.5
