Sermons on Genesis 2:20

The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him.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.And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him.
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… that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and the birds of the heavens and every beast of the field. But for Adam, there was not found a helper fit for him. so the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh and the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man then the man said this at last is a bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh she shall be called woman because she was taken out of man Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. Okay, truth number one. God created men and women with equal dignity. Truth number two. God created men and women with different roles. …

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The Everyday Bride of Jesus: How Christology Shapes a Local Church
David Mathis, 2026-04-18 · Scripture reading

… of Genesis chapter 2 the Lord God said it is not good that the Christ should be alone I will make him a helper fit for him so the Lord God caused a deep sleep death like sleep to fall upon the man and he pierced his side, took one of his ribs, closed up its place with flesh, and the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into the church and brought her to the Christ. Therefore, the Christ shall hold fast to his church and they shall become one flesh. And of course, that's not how Genesis 2 reads yet, But Paul does quote verse 24 in Ephesians chapter 5 As you know, this mystery is profound And I'm saying that it refers to Christ in the church So this mystery of marriage that remained an enigma For thousands of years Is now revealed In the coming of Jesus Why did God design the world like he did and us like he did male and female just so basic everywhere It is a losing fight to try to cover it up and pretend like it's not that way And now at the coming of Jesus and the making of his church, the cat's out of the bag. …

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Jack Hibbs, 2026-03-15

… value in Genesis chapter 2 verse 20 the Bible reads this so Adam gave names to the all the cattle the birds of the air and every beast of the field but for Adam there was not a helper compared to him and the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam and he slept and he took one of his ribs and closed up his flesh in its place then the then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, he made into woman, and he brought her to the man. God brought Eve to Adam, 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. When God brings you together, listen, please listen. Are you listening? If your marriage is tough, hard, and difficult, and you have these kinds of thoughts, Well, we shouldn't have gotten married in the first place. Everyone, listen, everyone pulls out some sort of an excuse. …

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God’s Good Design for Marriage and Singleness – Part 1
David Platt, 2025-11-19 · Scripture reading

… I will make him a helper fit for him. Now out of the ground, the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and the birds of the heavens and every beast of the field. But for Adam, there was not found a helper fit for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man. And while he slept, took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man, he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, this at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called woman because she was taken out of man. Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife and they shall become one flesh. …

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The Divine Design for Marriage, Part 2 (Ephesians 5:25-33)
John MacArthur, 2022-11-13 · Scripture reading

… I will make him a helper suitable for him.' Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky and brought them to the man to see what He would call them, and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all the cattle and to the birds of the sky and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept. Then he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and 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, because she was taken out of man. For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife, And they shall become one flesh. …

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… whatever the man called a living creature, that was his name. The man gave names to all the cattle and all the birds of the sky and every beast of the field, but for Adam, there was not found a helper suitable for him. So the Lord God caused the deep sleep to fall upon the man so he wouldn't mess up what he was about to do. and he slept. Then he took one of his ribs, closed up the flesh at that place. The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which we had taken from the man and brought her to the man. I love that. Adam, God just took some dirt. The Bible says made him. Eve, he fashioned. Thank you, Jesus. All right. What happens when he wakes up? The man said, Mm, mm, mm. This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called Eshah because she was taken out of Esh. For this reason, a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife. …

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