Gen 2:18 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Gen 2:18-23: 2:18-23 As human creation was the climax of ch 1 , so human intimacy is the high point of ch 2 . God’s concern for mutual human support and companionship finds no parallel in ancient Near Eastern literature. 2:18 It is not good: This is God’s first negative assessment of an otherwise excellent creation (1:31 ). The Lord God is portrayed as a father who obtains a bride for his son (cp. ch 24 ). • The answer to the man’s need is a helper who is just right for him ; she is his perfect complement, made in the same image of God (1:26-27 ), given the same commission (1:28 ; 2:15 ), and obligated by the same prohibition (2:17 ). The man cannot fulfill his created purpose alone.

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‏ Genesis 2:18

Summary for Gen 2:18-23: 2:18-23 ^a As human creation was the climax of ch 1 ^b, so human intimacy is the high point of ch 2 ^c. God’s concern for mutual human support and companionship finds no parallel in ancient Near Eastern literature. 2:18 ^d It is not good: This is God’s first negative assessment of an otherwise excellent creation (1:31 ^e). The Lord God is portrayed as a father who obtains a bride for his son (cp. ch 24 ^f).

• The answer to the man’s need is a helper who is just right for him; she is his perfect complement, made in the same image of God (1:26-27 ^g), given the same commission (1:28 ^h; 2:15 ⁱ), and obligated by the same prohibition (2:17 ^j). The man cannot fulfill his created purpose alone.