Genesis 2:18 “The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I wil…”

Genesis 2:18

The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

World English Bible

The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

American Standard Version

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Also the Lord God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete for him.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah God saith, 'Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper — as his counterpart.'

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him

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Cross references

“good”

Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 Proverbs 18:22 Ruth 3:1 Genesis 1:31 Genesis 3:12 1 Corinthians 7:36

Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 · BSB

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

Proverbs 18:22 · BSB

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

Ruth 3:1 · BSB

One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?

Genesis 1:31 · BSB

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Genesis 3:12 · BSB

And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

1 Corinthians 7:36 · BSB

However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.

“I will”

1 Corinthians 11:7–12 1 Peter 3:7 1 Timothy 2:11–13

1 Corinthians 11:7–12 · BSB

A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

1 Peter 3:7 · BSB

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

1 Timothy 2:11–13 · BSB

A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

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