18 And the LORD H3068 God H430 said, H559 It is not good H2896 that the man H120 should be H1961 alone; I will make H6213 him an help meet H5828 for him. H5048
19 And out of the ground H127 the LORD H3068 God H430 formed H3335 every beast H2416 of the field, H7704 and every fowl H5775 of the air; H8064 and brought H935 them unto Adam H120 to see H7200 what he would call H7121 them: and whatsoever Adam H120 called H7121 every living H2416 creature, H5315 that H1931 was the name thereof. H8034
20 And Adam H120 gave H7121 names H8034 to all cattle, H929 and to the fowl H5775 of the air, H8064 and to every beast H2416 of the field; H7704 but for Adam H120 there was not found H4672 an help meet H5828 for him.
21 And the LORD H3068 God H430 caused H5307 a deep sleep H8639 to fall H5307 upon Adam, H121 and he slept: H3462 and he took H3947 one H259 of his ribs, H6763 and closed up H5462 the flesh H1320 instead thereof;
22 And the rib, H6763 which the LORD H3068 God H430 had taken H3947 from man, H120 made H1129 he a woman, H802 and brought H935 her unto the man. H120
23 And Adam H120 said, H559 This H2063 is now H6471 bone H6106 of my bones, H6106 and flesh H1320 of my flesh: H1320 she H2063 shall be called H7121 Woman, H802 because she H2063 was taken H3947 out of Man. H376
24 Therefore H3651 shall a man H376 leave H5800 his father H1 and his mother, H517 and shall cleave H1692 unto his wife: H802 and they shall be one H259 flesh. H1320
25 And they were both H8147 naked, H6174 the man H120 and his wife, H802 and were not ashamed. H954
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Commentary on Genesis 2 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 2
This chapter is an appendix to the history of the creation, more particularly explaining and enlarging upon that part of the history which relates immediately to man, the favourite of this lower world. We have in it,
Gen 2:1-3
We have here,
Gen 2:4-7
In these verses,
Gen 2:8-15
Man consisting of body and soul, a body made out of the earth and a rational immortal soul the breath of heaven, we have, in these verses, the provision that was made for the happiness of both; he that made him took care to make him happy, if he could but have kept himself so and known when he was well off. That part of man by which he is allied to the world of sense was made happy; for he was put in the paradise of God: that part by which he is allied to the world of spirits was well provided for; for he was taken into covenant with God. Lord, what is man that he should be thus dignified-man that is a worm! Here we have,
Gen 2:16-17
Observe here,
Thus easy, thus happy, was man in a state of innocency, having all that heart could wish to make him so. How good was God to him! How many favours did he load him with! How easy were the laws he gave him! How kind the covenant he made with him! Yet man, being in honour, understood not his own interest, but soon became as the beasts that perish.
Gen 2:18-20
Here we have,
Gen 2:21-25
Here we have,