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The Septuagint 2.18 · 2.18

It is not good for the man to be alone

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Καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος ὁ θεός Οὐ καλὸν εἶναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον μόνον· ποιήσωμεν αὐτῷ βοηθὸν κατ᾽ αὐτόν.

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ΚαὶKaìAndεἶπενeîpensaidΚύριοςKýriosthe LORDhotheθεόςtheósGodΟὐOuIt is notκαλὸνkalòngoodεἶναιeînaito beτὸνtòntheἄνθρωπονánthrōponmanμόνονmónonalone·ποιήσωμενpoiḗsōmenLet us makeαὐτῷautôifor himβοηθὸνboēthòna helperκατ᾽kat᾽corresponding toαὐτόνautónhim.

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The chapter's second divine verdict of "not good" — the only thing in either creation account that God declares insufficient as it stands. βοηθὸν κατ᾽ αὐτόν, "a helper corresponding to him," renders Hebrew עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּוֹ — not a subordinate, but a counterpart, one who matches him.

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