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Lessons From the First Marriage
God is the designer of marriage, instituting it with our first human parents, Adam and Eve. What can we learn from their marriage?
by David Treybig
The first love story is recorded for us in Genesis 2. There we read about God creating Adam as, initially, the only human being. In mankind’s earliest beginning, no Eve was to be found. "But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him," we read in Genesis 2:20. We do not know how long Adam remained alone, but at this time he was single, isolated, the only human being anywhere.
The Bible reveals that something was wrong with this scene.
After God created Adam, according to Genesis 2:15, "then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it." So Adam had a responsibility, a job that surely proved to be fascinating for him. Adam explored and learned all about the world—animals, plants, the beautiful and intricate variations of God’s creation. Not only was he learning, but God gave him the privilege of naming all the birds and animals and other living creatures (verse 19).
A helper for the first man
Whether Adam knew it or not, God knew something was not right. "And the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him’ " (Genesis 2:18). Let’s think for a moment about why it was not good for Adam to be alone. He, of all the physical living creation, was without a helper on his own level (verse 20).
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