Gen 2:18, 20, 23-24 | ESV | STEP | Then the Lord God said , It is not good that the man should be alone ; I will make him a helper fit for him.

d ch. 29:14; Judg. 9:2; 2 Sam. 5:1; 19:13; [Eph. 5:28-30]

gCited Matt. 19:5; Mark 10:7; 1 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31; [Ps. 45:10; 1 Cor. 7:10, 11]

Genesis 2:18

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; ^aI will make him a helper fit for ^{▼▼Or corresponding to; also verse 20} him.”

Genesis 2:20

20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam ^{▼▼Or the man} there was not found a helper fit for him.

Genesis 2:23-24

23 Then the man said,

“This at last is ^dbone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was ^etaken out of Man.” ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike}
24 ^gTherefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.