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Genesis 2

Gen. 2:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, It is not good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
that the man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
should be
hayah (Hebrew #1961)
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
KJV usage: beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.
Pronounce: haw-yaw
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1933)
alonet; I will make
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
him an help ρmeet
`ezer (Hebrew #5828)
aid
KJV usage: help.
Pronounce: ay'-zer
Origin: from 5826
for him.
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1 Cor. 11:9• 9For also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man. (1 Cor. 11:9)
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1 Tim. 2:13• 13for Adam was formed first, then Eve: (1 Tim. 2:13)
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as before him

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Ministry on This Verse

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good.
Gen. 1:31• 31And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the sixth day. (Gen. 1:31)
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Gen. 3:12• 12And Man said, The woman, whom thou hast given to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate. (Gen. 3:12)
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Ruth 3:1• 1And Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? (Ruth 3:1)
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Prov. 18:22• 22Whoso hath found a wife hath found a good thing, and hath obtained favour from Jehovah. (Prov. 18:22)
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Eccl. 4:9‑12• 9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
 10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and who hath not another to lift him up!
 11Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one alone be warm?
 12And if a man overpower the one, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. (Eccl. 4:9‑12)
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1 Cor. 7:36• 36But if any one think that he behaves unseemly to his virginity, if he be beyond the flower of his age, and so it must be, let him do what he will, he does not sin: let them marry. (1 Cor. 7:36)
I will.
Gen. 3:12• 12And Man said, The woman, whom thou hast given to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate. (Gen. 3:12)
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1 Cor. 11:7‑12• 7For man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but woman is man's glory.
 8For man is not of woman, but woman of man.
 9For also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.
 10Therefore ought the woman to have authority on her head, on account of the angels.
 11However, neither is woman without man, nor man without woman, in the Lord.
 12For as the woman is of the man, so also is the man by the woman, but all things of God. (1 Cor. 11:7‑12)
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1 Tim. 2:11‑13• 11Let a woman learn in quietness in all subjection;
 12but I do not suffer a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over man, but to be in quietness;
 13for Adam was formed first, then Eve: (1 Tim. 2:11‑13)
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1 Peter 3:7• 7Ye husbands likewise, dwell with them according to knowledge, as with a weaker, even the female, vessel, giving them honour, as also fellow-heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered. (1 Peter 3:7)
meet for him.
Heb. as before him.
• Here therefore the words “male and female,” so appropriate to their creation by Elohim, are out of place where the deeper question of such a relationship comes before us; and Jehovah Elohim expresses His judgment on that which is the chief bond of human society here below. It is accordingly “a help as before him,” his like or counterpart, that is now spoken of, not in Gen. 1 where the race are regarded simply as creatures of God, though constituted chief of all on earth. (“Genesis 2:18-20” by W. Kelly)
• here in chap. ii. Jehovah Elohim, alike moral Governor and Creator, enters with gracious consideration into the daily life and comfort of man on earth, not only has a perfectly kind and wise mind about his well-being but expresses it that it be known as His, and this not by an imperative word as in ver. 16,17, but as the benevolent judgment of Him who absolutely knew all and abounded in favor to Man. (“Genesis 2:18-20” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jehovah Elohim said, It is not good that Man should be alone; I will make him a helpmate, his likeh.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "counterpart."

W. Kelly Translation

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And Jehovah Elohim said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone: I will make him a help answering to him.