The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
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. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
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.”
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
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Discussion Questions.
- God said it is not good to be alone. Who are the people in your life that help you feel supported and not alone?
- As an international student, who are the people that help you not feel alone (friends, roommates, classmates)? How do you keep that relationship?
- What do you think this story teaches us about how God wants people to care for and respect each other in relationships?