Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.”
1 Corinthians 11:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Neither was man created for the sake of woman but woman for the sake of man. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Neither was man created on account of or for the benefit of woman, but woman on account of and for the benefit of man. [Gen. 2:18.] American Standard Version (1901) for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man: Common English Bible and man wasn’t created for the sake of the woman, but the woman for the sake of the man. Catholic Public Domain Version And indeed, man was not created for woman, but woman was created for man. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man. |
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.”
The man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every animal of the field, but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner.
And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.
For this reason a woman ought to have authority over her head, because of the angels.