KJV ORIGINAL
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
And the LORD God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make a helper who is right for him.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is recognizing that humans need companionship and declaring His intention to create someone perfectly suited to be Adam's partner.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from the creation account in Genesis, after God had created Adam and placed him in the Garden of Eden to tend it. Unlike everything else in creation that God declared 'good,' here God identifies something that is 'not good' - human isolation. This sets up the creation of Eve in the following verses, establishing the foundation for human relationships and marriage.
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