It is not good for the man to be alone. Genesis 2:18-24

 18  Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”  19  So out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.  20  The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him. 22  and the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.  23  Then the man said, “ This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”  24  Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh. (RSVCE2ed) The Holy Bible : Revised Standard Version Second Catholic edition (2006), with the ecclesiastical approval of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Thomas Nelson Publishing for Ignatius Press.

 18  Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 

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

20  The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him.

22  and the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 

23  Then the man said,

“ This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”

 24  Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh. (RSVCE2ed)

“ I will make him a helper ” Some translations of the Bible change the word “helper” to “partner” which is a mistranslation of the Hebrew, the language of the Old Testament. Helper is one who helps another fulfill their destiny. The word “helper” does not in any way demean the person so named; on the contrary God Himself is referred to as a “helper” in many Biblical passages (Deut 33:7; Ps 33:20; 70:6; etc.). The Bible clearly tells us that the woman , the “helper,” was intended to be the one in whom Adam, and the men who followed him , would find support, strength, fidelity, honesty and love. In this reading we see that God created both male and female, therefore we are all God’s children. (Cf. 5:2) God created them in His own image (Gn. 1:27).

“ I will make him a helper ”

Some translations of the Bible change the word “helper” to “partner” which is a mistranslation of the Hebrew, the language of the Old Testament.

Helper is one who helps another fulfill their destiny.

The word “helper” does not in any way demean the person so named; on the contrary God Himself is referred to as a “helper” in many Biblical passages (Deut 33:7; Ps 33:20; 70:6; etc.).

The Bible clearly tells us that the woman , the “helper,” was intended to be the one in whom Adam, and the men who followed him , would find support, strength, fidelity, honesty and love.

In this reading we see that God created both male and female, therefore we are all God’s children. (Cf. 5:2)

God created them in His own image (Gn. 1:27).

It wasn’t just a random act, God created them with a purpose.  Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man (Gn 5:2). Genesis 1:28 tells us of their intended purpose, “And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply.” In verse 24 we read, “Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.” Given the nature of the human race the multiplication comes about through the conjugal act. We see that it was God who joined them together in love. In the tenth chapter of Mark we read,  9  What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder .” (RSVCE2ed).

It wasn’t just a random act, God created them with a purpose.

 Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man (Gn 5:2).

Genesis 1:28 tells us of their intended purpose, “And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply.”

In verse 24 we read, “Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.”

Given the nature of the human race the multiplication comes about through the conjugal act.

We see that it was God who joined them together in love.

In the tenth chapter of Mark we read,  9  What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder .” (RSVCE2ed).

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