Do you notice how God is called the Lord God in verse 4 of chapter two and thereafter? It is because God was thinking of man,
His noblest creation. Adam and Eve were to be in a nearer place to God than any other of the creatures of whose forming the first chapter of Genesis tells. God was to be the Lord of human beings with whom He could talk and visit. A garden was made, somewhere, we cannot tell exactly where, in the valley of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in Mesopotamia, that flow into the Persian Gulf, and this garden the man was set to care for.
Adam gave names to all the beasts and birds, but none of them would do for a companion for him. God then caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and while sleeping, God took from him a rib which He built into a woman, Eve, whom He brought to Adam as his wife. Here we have a little picture of the Lord Jesus dying on the cross for those whose sins He bore who should afterward be made fit to be with Him in glory.