QUESTION
Genesis 2:24
" 24 ἕνεκεν τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ προσκολληθήσεται πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν."
τούτου Is neuter here, apparently, but what is it referring to? Is it part of an idiom “therefore” ἕνεκεν τούτου and so an antecedent isn’t needed? Bone is neuter in verse 23, but that doesn’t seem sufficient to the meaning.
RESPONSE
As you know, all pronouns and verbs (and a few other kinds of words) in Greek have antecedents. The antecedent of τούτου is the previous sentence, as is common in the Greek New Testament (GNT). Probably you didn’t think of a whole sentence, or discourse even, as a candidate, but the Greek speakers certainly did.