18And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. …
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. …
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-20)Here we have, I. An instance of the Creator’s care of man and his fatherly concern for his comfort, Gen. 2:18. Though God had let him know that he was a subject, by giving him a command, ( Gen. 2:16 , 17 ), yet here he lets him know also, for his encouragement in his obedience, that he was a friend, and a favourite, and one whose satisfaction he was tender of. Observe, 1. How God graciously pitied…
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