People say that a dog is a man’s best friend, but when God sets out to create a partner for Adam, he rejects all the animals in the world, even the dogs. It’s a good thing too, because then God creates the woman.

The creation of the woman is what we are looking at today as we consider Genesis 2:20-23, the Beauty and the Beasts.

The Text of Genesis 2:20-23

So Adam gave names to all the cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.

And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

And Adam said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”

In this discussion of Genesis 2:20-23 we look at:

• Why the woman is not inferior to the man, even though she is a “helper”
• Why God first brings animals to Adam, even though God knows Adam needs a woman.
• Why the “rib” was not a rib.
• What it meant for God to put Adam into a deep sleep.
• How men and Women are equal, side-by-side partners in life.

Resources:

• Boners in the Bible
• Zevit, What Really Happened in the Garden of Eden
• Walton, Lost World of Adam and Eve
• Partner with Me
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