World English Bible
Genesis 2:18
“Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”
Verse in context — Genesis 2
Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die.
Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.
Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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