Genesis 2:18

Then the Lord God said, “It's not good for Adam to be alone. I will make someone to help him, someone that's like him.”

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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 you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because the day you eat from it you are certain to die.”

19The Lord God used the ground to make all the wild animals, and all the birds. He took them all to Adam to see what he would call them, and Adam named every living creature.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:12“It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit from the tree, and I ate it,” Adam replied.

Proverbs 18:22If you find a wife, that's great, and you'll be blessed by the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:36But if a man thinks he's behaving improperly with the woman he's engaged to, and if he thinks he will give in to his strong sexual desire, and if he thinks he ought to get married, he is not sinning by getting married.

1 Timothy 2:11Women should learn quietly, respecting their place.

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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