Genesis 2:18

The Lord God also said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself.”

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In The King James Version

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

In Context

17But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For in whatever day you will eat from it, you will die a death.”

19Therefore, the Lord God, having formed from the soil all the animals of the earth and all the flying creatures of the air, brought them to Adam, in order to see what he would call them. For whatever Adam would call any living creature, that would be its name.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:12And Adam said, “The woman, whom you gave to me as a companion, gave to me from the tree, and I ate.”

Proverbs 18:22He who has found a good wife has found goodness, and he shall draw contentment from the Lord. He who expels a good wife expels goodness. But he who holds on to an adulteress is foolish and impious.

1 Corinthians 7:36But if any man considers himself to seem dishonorable, concerning a virgin who is of adult age, and so it ought to be, he may do as he wills. If he marries her, he does not sin.

1 Timothy 2:11Let a woman learn in silence with all subjection.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 2:17-18

The Tree of Knowledge Prohibited. ( b. c. 4004.) 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Observe here, I. God's authority over man, as a creature that had reason and freedom of will. The Lord God commanded the man, who stood now as a public person, the father and representative of all mankind, to receive law, as he… Read the whole commentary →

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