WHERE did SHE come from!?!

As we left off last post, God had brought all living things namely of the field and the birds of the sky, all of which He had formed from the soil, to Adam to name (which Adam did) but there wasn't a helpmeet found for him. Thought question for you, dear readers, "Is there a difference between helper and helpmeet? If so, what is it?" Also, did you notice that neither the reptiles nor the fish were brought for naming? Hmmmmm.


And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; Again, an implied emphasis is placed upon the "Self-Existent" nature of God. Here we have the very first anesthesia administered for the very first surgery. I remember, as I was growing up, there was a childish rumor that men in general had one less rib than women. I have since found out that this is incorrect and that they each have the same number of ribs.

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. Why do you suppose that God made woman from man? Why didn't He just mould her from the ground the same way He had done man? One word that comes to mind is helpmeet.
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Notice here that Adam again uses that authority as given by God back in verse 19. The right of naming. I would also like to point out that Adam displays another attribute that God gave him . . . reasoning (sometimes known as logic). Adam knew instantly where this creature had come from. She was flesh and bone from Adam's flesh and bone which (to me) signifies that she was the same as him like those animals were not. He reasons here that she was a suitable helpmeet. He called her woman because she came from out of man. Whew! That's a lot to get from those few words.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Why shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife? Because woman was taken from out of man. I will also point out here that man shall cleave or adhere or be joined together with, his wife not with another man.
Also notice via the terminology used here, that the same action is required of the woman. She also is to relinquish her father and mother in the same manner as man and cleave, or adhere, or be joined together with man and not another woman.
The idea portrayed by the use of cleave, is that of holding on with the entirety of one's strength. Just like you depended upon your parents for ; so now you are to relinquish those parents for your spouse; depending on him or her for support, encouragement, love, solace, guidance, sustenance, your needs and your wants.

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Here is another fact presented, although a second can be also gleaned. First, there is no shame in innocence. Neither Adam nor Woman (she hadn't been named Eve yet) knew right from wrong and in that state of innocence (or absence of the knowledge of good and evil) there were no sinful desires with nakedness. Second, there is no shame associated with nakedness when it is in the confines of the marriage.

Here ends chapter two of Genesis. We have been taken from God ceasing creating, through the formation of the garden in Eden, through the formation of man, followed his search for a suitable helpmeet, listened briefly as he named the beasts of the field and the birds of the air. We viewed the first surgery, saw the joy of finding the perfect helpmeet, discovered the meaning of marriage and ending with realizing that in innocence there is no sin.

Now, dear reader, do not forget that I asked if there were a difference between helper and helpmeet. See you in the comments with answers.