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A Bride for the Son, Starting in Eden
Randy's pick up Genesis 2 where the last episode left off, moving from the creation of mankind to the making of Eve and the foundation of marriage. God declares it is not good for the man to be alone and forms a helper who corresponds to him. Randy argues that the Hebrew word usually translated “helper,” not the NET’s softer “companion,” is the richer reading, since the same word is used of God himself as Israel’s help and shield. Eve is formed from Adam’s side, brought to him in what they call the first wedding, and received with “bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.” From there they…
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