Genesis 2:18

Also the Lord God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete for him.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 of the tree of knowledge of good and euill, thou shalt not eate of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die the death.

19So the Lord God formed of the earth euery beast of the fielde, and euery foule of the heauen, and brought them vnto the man to see howe he would call them: for howsoeuer the man named the liuing creature, so was the name thereof.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:12Then the man saide, The woman which thou gauest to be with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I did eate.

Proverbs 18:22He that findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and receiueth fauour of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:36But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgine, if shee passe the flower of her age, and neede so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them be maried.

1 Timothy 2:11Let the woman learne in silence with all subiection.

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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