Then the Lord God said, “I see that it is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a person like him to help him.”
Genesis 2:20 - Easy To Read Version The man gave names to all the tame animals, to all the birds in the air, and to all the wild animals of the forest. The man saw many, many animals and birds, but the man could not find a helper that was right for him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Adam gave names to all the livestock and to the birds of the air and to every [wild] beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper meet (suitable, adapted, complementary) for him. American Standard Version (1901) And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him. Common English Bible The human named all the livestock, all the birds in the sky, and all the wild animals. But a helper perfect for him was nowhere to be found. Catholic Public Domain Version And Adam called each of the living things by their names: all the flying creatures of the air, and all the wild beasts of the land. Yet truly, for Adam, there was not found a helper similar to himself. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Adam called all the beasts by their names, and all the fowls of the air, and all the cattle of the field: but for Adam there was not found a helper like himself. |
Then the Lord God said, “I see that it is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a person like him to help him.”
So the Lord God caused the man to sleep very deeply. While the man was asleep, the Lord God took one of the ribs from the man’s body. Then the Lord God closed the man’s skin at the place where he took the rib.
People rule over the sheep and cattle\par and all the wild animals.\par