Genesis 2:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper -- as his counterpart.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 4:9-9 : 9 The two `are' better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. 10 For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but wo to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up! 11 Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat? 12 And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.
  • 1 Cor 11:7-9 : 7 for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man, 8 for a man is not of a woman, but a woman `is' of a man, 9 for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man; 10 because of this the woman ought to have `a token of' authority upon the head, because of the messengers; 11 but neither `is' a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord, 12 for as the woman `is' of the man, so also the man `is' through the woman, and the all things `are' of God.
  • 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with `them', according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel -- to the wife -- imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
  • Gen 3:12 : 12 and the man saith, `The woman whom Thou didst place with me -- she hath given to me of the tree -- and I do eat.'
  • Gen 1:31 : 31 And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day the sixth.
  • 1 Tim 2:11-13 : 11 Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection, 12 and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness, 13 for Adam was first formed, then Eve,
  • 1 Cor 7:36 : 36 and if any one doth think `it' to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin -- let him marry.
  • Ruth 3:1 : 1 And Naomi her mother-in-law saith to her, `My daughter, do not I seek for thee rest, that it may be well with thee?
  • Prov 18:22 : 22 `Whoso' hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 2:19-25
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    19 And Jehovah God formeth from the ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and bringeth in unto the man, to see what he doth call it; and whatever the man calleth a living creature, that `is' its name.

    20 And the man calleth names to all the cattle, and to fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; and to man hath not been found an helper -- as his counterpart.

    21 And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead.

    22 And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man;

    23 and the man saith, `This `is' the `proper' step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;

    24 therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

    25 And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.

  • Gen 2:15-17
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    15 And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

    16 And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, `Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;

    17 and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it -- dying thou dost die.'

  • Gen 1:25-28
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    25 And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that `it is' good.

    26 And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

    27 And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

    28 And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

  • Gen 5:1-2
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    1 This `is' an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;

    2 a male and a female He hath prepared them, and He blesseth them, and calleth their name Man, in the day of their being prepared.

  • Matt 19:4-6
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    4 And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made `them', from the beginning a male and a female made them,

    5 and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh?

    6 so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

  • 1 Cor 11:8-9
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    8 for a man is not of a woman, but a woman `is' of a man,

    9 for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;

  • Gen 3:20-22
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    20 And the man calleth his wife's name Eve: for she hath been mother of all living.

    21 And Jehovah God doth make to the man and to his wife coats of skin, and doth clothe them.

    22 And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' --

  • Mark 10:6-9
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    6 but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;

    7 on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

    8 and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;

    9 what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

  • 1 Tim 2:13
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    13 for Adam was first formed, then Eve,

  • Gen 2:7-9
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    7 And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

    8 And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;

    9 and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

  • 1 Cor 11:11-12
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    70%

    11 but neither `is' a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,

    12 for as the woman `is' of the man, so also the man `is' through the woman, and the all things `are' of God.

  • Eccl 4:9-11
    3 verses
    70%

    9 The two `are' better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.

    10 For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but wo to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!

    11 Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?

  • Eph 5:31
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    31 `for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh;'

  • Gen 4:1
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    1 And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'

  • Gen 3:12
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    12 and the man saith, `The woman whom Thou didst place with me -- she hath given to me of the tree -- and I do eat.'

  • Gen 3:6
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    6 And the woman seeth that the tree `is' good for food, and that it `is' pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make `one' wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;

  • Prov 18:22
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    22 `Whoso' hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

  • Mal 2:15
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    15 And He did not make one `only', And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what `is' the one `alone'! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.

  • Gen 3:17
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    17 And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed `is' the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,