First the verses:
"Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame."
Genesis 2:22-25
And now from The Wycliffe Bible Commentary:
The inspired author indirectly reveals man's natural loneliness and lack of full satisfaction. Though much had been done for him, yet he was conscious of a lack. The Creator had not finished. He had plans for providing a companion who would satisfy the unfulfilled yearnings of man's heart. Created for fellowship and companionship, man could enter into the full life only as he might share love, trust, and devotion in the intimate circle of the family relationship. Jehovah made it possible for man to have "an help meet for him." Literally, a help answering to him, or, one who answers. she was to be one who could share man's responsibilities, respond to his nature with understanding and love, and wholeheartedly co-operate with him in working out the plan of God.
I love this understanding of a man’s need and by definition a woman’s role and heart’s desire! Wow. I feel this desire so keenly these days. It's affirming to know it's hard-wired from creation. Though it's not perfect now as it was for Adam and Eve in the pre-fall Eden, the Bible never indicates that God veers from this plan for men and women.
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