The fact that God created one man and one woman shows that each man should have his own wife. In other words, the creation of man and woman is also the beginning of monogamous marriage (Genesis 2:24). In this institution, marriage is indissoluble, and it is only due to the hardness of the heart that regulations with regard to divorce were later included (as a concession: Matthew 19:8).
The fact that the Lord sovereignly created one man and one woman indicates that each man is supposed to have his own wife. In other words, the creation of man and woman simultaneously constitutes the institution of monogamous marriage (Genesis 2:24). According to its original institution, marriage is indissoluble, and it is only because of the hardness of the human heart that regulations with regard to divorce were later included (as a concession: see Matthew 19:8).1
4 Il répondit: N'avez-vous pas lu que le créateur, au commencement, fit l'homme et la femme