18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; (A)I will make him a helper fit for[a] him.”

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  1. Genesis 2:18 Or corresponding to; also verse 20

18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”(A)

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21 So the Lord God caused a (A)deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made[a] into a woman and brought her to the man.

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  1. Genesis 2:22 Hebrew built

21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep;(A) and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[a] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[b](B) he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

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  1. Genesis 2:21 Or took part of the man’s side
  2. Genesis 2:22 Or part