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In Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:2, the creation of male and female is represented as having been simultaneous. She is described as "a help meet for him:" Heb., a help as his front, his reflected image, or, as the Syriac translates it, a helper similar to him.
18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” 19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky.
What does Genesis 2:18 mean? For the first time in the Bible, we hear God describe something as "not good." Until this point, God has seen everything He has made as good or very good, including the first man.
Genesis 2:18 KJV: And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” q 19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals r and all the birds in the sky. s He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called t each living creature, u that was its name.
Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him." And Jehovah God saith, 'Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper -- as his counterpart.' Genesis 2:18 Additional Translations ...
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them.
Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” 19 So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.