Genesis 2:18

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים לֹא ־ טוֹב הֱיוֹת הָֽאָדָם לְבַדּוֹ אֶֽעֱשֶׂהּ ־ לּוֹ עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

17וּמֵעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת תָּמֽוּת ׃

19וַיִּצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִן ־ הָֽאֲדָמָה כָּל ־ חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וְאֵת כָּל ־ עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיָּבֵא אֶל ־ הָאָדָם לִרְאוֹת מַה ־ יִּקְרָא ־ לוֹ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא ־ לוֹ הָֽאָדָם נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה הוּא שְׁמֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 3:12וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאָדָם הָֽאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר נָתַתָּה עִמָּדִי הִוא נָֽתְנָה ־ לִּי מִן ־ הָעֵץ וָאֹכֵֽל ׃

Proverbs 18:22מָצָא אִשָּׁה מָצָא טוֹב וַיָּפֶק רָצוֹן מֵיְהוָֽה ׃

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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