Genesis 2:18

And the Lord God said, It is not good that a man be alone; make we to him an helper like to himself (or let us make for him a helper like himself).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

17forsooth eat thou not of the tree of knowing of good and of evil; for in whatever day thou shalt eat thereof, thou shalt die by death. (but thou shalt not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for on the day that thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die.)

19And therefore when all living beasts of [the] earth, and all the volatiles of (the) heaven (s), were formed of [the] earth, the Lord God brought those to Adam, that he should see what he should call those; for all thing that Adam called of living soul, that is the name thereof. (And so when all the living beasts of the earth, and all the birds of the air, were formed from the earth, the Lord God brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them; for whatever name that Adam called each thing with a living soul, that is its name.)

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Cross References

Genesis 3:12And Adam said, The woman which thou gavest (for) fellow (ship) to me, gave me of the tree, and I ate. (And Adam said, The woman whom thou gavest to me for fellowship, gave to me of the tree, and so I ate.)

Proverbs 18:22He that findeth a good woman, findeth a good thing; and of the Lord he shall draw up mirth (or and he receiveth favour from the Lord). He that putteth away a good woman, putteth away a good thing; but he that holdeth (onto an) adulteress, is a fool and unwise.

1 Corinthians 7:36And if any man guesseth himself to be seen foul on his virgin, that she is full waxen [or that she is well old], and so it behooveth to be done, do she that that she will [+or do she what he will]; she sinneth not, if she be wedded, [+or s/he sinneth not, if s/he be wedded].

1 Timothy 2:11A woman learn [she] in silence, with all subjection.

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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