Verse 18 brings us to the creation of woman.
This is the first time in the Bible that something is described as “not good.” All through Genesis 1, God saw that His creation was good. At the end of the sixth day, He said it was very good. But now God says, “It is not good that the man should be alone.”
That does not mean God made a mistake. It means God was revealing Adam’s need and preparing to meet it.
Adam was the only human at this point. He had a perfect garden, meaningful work, and the blessings of God, but he did not yet have a companion like himself.
The first need mentioned in the Bible is man’s need for companionship.
God says, “I will make him an help meet for him.” This does not mean a lesser person. It means one suitable, fitting, corresponding to him. Eve would be created as Adam’s companion, helper, and counterpart.
Power over the creatures was given to man, and as a proof of this he named them all. It also shows his insight into the works of God. But though he was lord of the creatures, yet nothing in this world was a help meet for man. From God are all our helpers. If we rest in God, he will work all for good. God caused deep sleep to fall on Adam; while he knows no sin, God will take care that he shall feel no pain. God, as her Father, brought the woman to the man, as his second self, and a
help meet for him. That wife, who is of God's making by special grace, and of God's bringing by special providence, is likely to prove a help meet for a man. See what need there is, both of prudence and prayer in the choice of this relation, which is so near and so lasting. That had need to be well done, which is to be done for life. Our first parents needed no clothes for covering against cold or heat, for neither could hurt them: they needed none for ornament. Thus easy, thus happy, was man
in his state of innocency. How good was God to him! How many favours did he load him with! How easy were the laws given to him! Yet man, being in honour, understood not his own interest, but soon became as the beasts that perish.
Verse 18 brings us to the creation of woman.
This is the first time in the Bible that something is described as “not good.” All through Genesis 1, God saw that His creation was good. At the end of the sixth day, He said it was very good. But now God says, “It is not good that the man should be alone.”
That does not mean God made a mistake. It means God was revealing Adam’s need and preparing to meet it.
Adam was the only human at this point. He had a perfect garden, meaningful work, and the blessings of God, but he did not yet have a companion like himself.
The first need mentioned in the Bible is man’s need for companionship.
God says, “I will make him an help meet for him.” This does not mean a lesser person. It means one suitable, fitting, corresponding to him. Eve would be created as Adam’s companion, helper, and counterpart.
Power over the creatures was given to man, and as a proof of this he named them all. It also shows his insight into the works of God. But though he was lord of the creatures, yet nothing in this world was a help meet for man. From God are all our helpers. If we rest in God, he will work all for good. God caused deep sleep to fall on Adam; while he knows no sin, God will take care that he shall feel no pain. God, as her Father, brought the woman to the man, as his second self, and a
help meet for him. That wife, who is of God's making by special grace, and of God's bringing by special providence, is likely to prove a help meet for a man. See what need there is, both of prudence and prayer in the choice of this relation, which is so near and so lasting. That had need to be well done, which is to be done for life. Our first parents needed no clothes for covering against cold or heat, for neither could hurt them: they needed none for ornament. Thus easy, thus happy, was man
in his state of innocency. How good was God to him! How many favours did he load him with! How easy were the laws given to him! Yet man, being in honour, understood not his own interest, but soon became as the beasts that perish.