Genesis 2:18-25 – God Makes A Woman
There are angels above and animals below, but man is alone. There is no other creature like him. God determines that this is not good. Man will enjoy exchanging conversation and love with those of his kind. This is also not the way God plans to increase mankind – through Adam on his own. God decides to provide company for man – someone like him, near to him, a help for him, to bring him happiness. We are made to give and receive help from each other. God who knows all our needs is our ultimate help, but He gives us helpers. Good wives and husbands are gifts from the Lord, and He uses families to help the lonely.
Making sure he feels no pain, God puts Adam in a deep sleep. Matthew Henry, a minister of the 1700’s, says, “The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.” Adam loses a rib, but he gains a helpmeet. Whenever God takes away, He always gives something else in abundance. As her Father, God brings the woman to man. Marriage begins in the Garden of Eden where God decides it will be a stronger bond than family, and it will be a bond for life between one man and one woman as the two become one.
Questions
- Why isn’t it good that Adam is alone?
- How did God make the woman?
- What did God decide marriage should be?
Prayer Points
- Give thanks that God has given us families.
- Use prayer points from your congregation.
- Pray for family matters