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18 God said, "It's not good for the Man to be alone; I'll make him a helper, a companion."
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The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
19 So God formed from the dirt of the ground all the animals of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the Man to see what he would name them. Whatever the Man called each living creature, that was its name.
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Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
20 The Man named the cattle, named the birds of the air, named the wild animals; but he didn't find a suitable companion.
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So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
21 God put the Man into a deep sleep. As he slept he removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh.
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So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
22 God then used the rib that he had taken from the Man to make Woman and presented her to the Man.
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Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The Man said, "Finally! Bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh! Name her Woman for she was made from Man."
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The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”
24 Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife. They become one flesh.
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That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
25 The two of them, the Man and his Wife, were naked, but they felt no shame.
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Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
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