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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." |
Subject: Man Could Have Been Made Solitary |
Bible Note: Hi Lionstrong, You have an interesting meditation. It makes me aware that we do not have all the answers to questions and makes me wonder how much we need to know and just how much will we come to know about His creation. Could it indeed be that Adam was made bisexual at the beginning? Could it be that God is both male and female but male in His image? In Genesis 1:27, Genesis 5:1, the mixure of man, him, and them, male and female, is difficult. It is good that Christianity recognizes "mankind", male and female, and that all are one in Christ. How does the new NIV fit it all in this mix of him, man, and them? Another question I have is about the first-born Cain, i.e.gotten one, and the significance of the marginal footnote in my NASB study bible. Genesis 4:1b, "I have gotten a manchild [Or, man,the LORD] with the help of the Lord." We know that this was not the Lord who was born, but rather that he was born with the help of the Lord. Here is where they became one flesh and where mankind became possible. We know that this "gotten one" of the first Adam was not God's son when we consider 1 John 3:10, "By this this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, NOR the one who does not love his brother. For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; not as Cain, who was of the evil one, and slew his brother." I praise God for the second Adam, the one Man, Jesus Christ; the only begotten Son of God. From the heart,Ray |