Genesis 2:18

And Yahweh God said, It is, not good, that the man should remain alone,—I will make for him a helper as his counterpart.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it,—for in the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die.

19Now Yahweh God had formed from the ground every living thing of the field and every bird of the heavens, which he brought in unto the man, that he might see what he should call it,—and, whatsoever the man should call it—any living soul, that, should be the name thereof.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:12And the man said,—The woman whom thou didst put with me, she, gave me of the tree, so I did eat.

Proverbs 18:22Who hath found a wife, hath found a blessing, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh.

1 Corinthians 7:36If however anyone considereth it behaving unseemly towards his virginity, if he should be beyond the bloom of life,—and, thus, it ought to come about, what he chooseth, let him do,—he sinneth not: let them marry:

1 Timothy 2:11Let, a woman, in quietness, be learning in all submission;

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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