So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. Genesis 2:20
At times we might like to argue over that chicken and egg thing, as in which came first of course. As one who believes in my Lord, I am confident that God is quite capable of creating a loaded chicken. An egg for the rooster and an egg for the hen, and we won't have to do this over then. But, it seems that matching helpers were found for every bird and beast, but the man, Adam, had none. It was this Adam who was left without the matching mate. Perhaps it was a counting problem. As he was naming them, Adam was also counting...1,2,1,2,1,2. But then he came to himself and said, 1... And couldn't find a number two for himself. Adam looked over at the loaded chicken and asked, "Why only me?" So, God put the man to sleep, because as every parent of a needy newborn knows, that is the only time that peace is restored to the house. And as we see in scriptural wonder, God did something different for the man's mate, He took a bit from the side of the man and created a woman.
Why that way?
Bucky
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