Genesis 2:18

The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

Majority Standard Bible

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; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:12And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

Proverbs 18:22He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

1 Corinthians 7:36However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.

1 Timothy 2:11A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.

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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