Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 2:18
Genesis 2:18. It is not good, &c.— Though man was possessed of all the bliss of Paradise, one thing was still wanting to his felicity. He was alone; nor amidst the various orders of creatures could find any like unto himself. Angels were rational spirits, but incorporeal; beasts corporeal, but irrational. God saw and pitied him. With the affection of a kind Father, unsolicited he consulted his necessities, and resolves to supply him with a help-meet of his own species. In the Hebrew it is,... read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 2:18
"And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet (suitable) for him."This verse introduces the creation of woman, about to be narrated. The suggestion that this verse means that, "Man existed before the beasts, and the entire animal creation was the result of an unsuccessful experiment to find a mate for man!"[25] is preposterous, falling little short of blasphemy. How can an intelligent expositor suppose that God needed to experiment about... read more