And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
God pitied man's solitude not from cruelty but as proof of fatherly care. Man is made for society, to exchange knowledge and love with his own kind; perfect solitude would turn paradise itself into a desert. A companion of the same nature was needful both for his comfort and for the continuance of mankind.
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Commenting on Genesis 2:18-20
Adam named each creature as it came before him, but none was his equal or fit companion. God did not search the animals hoping to find a helper; rather, man himself discovered through this exercise that no creature shared his nature. This made the woman, when God formed her from his own flesh and presented her, far more welcome and precious to him.
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THE MAKING OF WOMAN, AND INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE. (Gen 2:18-25) it is not good for the man to be alone--In the midst of plenty and delights, he was conscious of feelings he could not gratify. To make him sensible of his wants,
Commenting on Genesis 2:18-25