“And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 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.”
This passage gives an explanation of why it was not good for the man to be alone. God gave him the task of naming all the living creatures and he was able to complete that task but all the other creatures had mates while Adam was completely alone. This reminds us of Moses when he was in the wilderness and spent most of his time dealing with the people of Israel. His father in law suggested that he appoint counsellors to help him with the task of leading the people and the Lord gave him the wisdom to select seventy men (see Num 11: 16). In this case Adam had the strength for the task that God had given him but he needed help for the day to day task of being God’s agent in the world.
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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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