1 Corinthians 11:9

New American Bible - revised edition

nor was man created for woman, but woman for man;

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The Lord God said: It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suited to him.

The man gave names to all the tame animals, all the birds of the air, and all the wild animals; but none proved to be a helper suited to the man.

The Lord God then built the rib that he had taken from the man into a woman. When he brought her to the man,

for this reason a woman should have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.