Genesis

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NASB	Genesis 2:18 ¶ Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
AMPLIFIED 2015	Genesis 2:18 ¶ Now the LORD God said, "It is not good (beneficial) for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper [one who balances him--a counterpart who is] suitable and complementary for him."

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Subject: Man Could Have Been Made Solitary

Bible Note: Dear Forum: A Meditation

God could have made man a solitary creature. While it was God’s command that man fill the earth and subdue it, he could have made man a solitary creature. Man is not an animal, but he is nonetheless a creature, a creature of body and spirit. God made some creatures without bodies. They are only spirits (like God is). The Bible calls these spirits angels.
God made some creatures with bodies that are bisexual. They don’t have to mate with another of their kind in order to reproduce. God could have made man’s body that way. He would not have needed another man (a female of the race) in order to reproduce. Man could have been a solitary creature, but God said it was not good that man should be alone. So He made the female of our kind from the body of the first man as a helper, and one suitable to him so that he would not be alone.

Peace,