And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
God Himself instituted marriage by bringing the woman to Adam, not Adam taking her by his own will; this alone establishes marriage's sanctity and Author. Satan has worked twofold mischief against it: compelling celibacy on one side, permitting license on the other. We must defend marriage's dignity against both superstition and lust, for to dishonor it is to reproach God Himself.
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Eve was made of Adam and for him, which Scripture uses to teach her modest subjection; yet being formed last, as the finest of creation, she is his crown, refined one remove further from the earth. Adam slept peacefully while God provided her, casting his care on his Maker, so must we rest in God, and He will work all for good.
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Commenting on Genesis 2:21-25
The woman was made from Adam's side, not his head or feet, to be his equal; from a rib near his heart, to be loved and protected by him. God brought her as her Parent to him as spouse, showing that parents ought to dispose their children in marriage honorably, and prefiguring Christ and His Church.
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