Four Qualities of Eve

Oneness

If we carefully read this passage we would see the woman was not created from the soil as the animals were, but from the man who was distinct from the animals. Verse 21 states, “And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof.” When God created Adam, he breathed the breath of life into him, and thus the Scriptures declared him a living soul. Eve, would share in this uniqueness, and held the distinction that she was made from Adam and not the soil. Eve and Adam were blessed with a oneness that would not be known in the animal kingdom. Hence, Adam declared in verse 23, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”

Public domain image by Charles Foster from author’s collection

Companionship

From this oneness would naturally flow the quality of companionship. “And the rib which the LORD God had taken from man,  made He a woman and brought her unto the man,” states verse 22. God using a rib is very significant, indicating that woman would be the side-by-side companion to man. Down through the years, godly women have remained faithful companions to not only their husbands, but to their offspring. This companionship, though, should be the strongest between the husband and wife, for it is written in verse 24, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.”

Helper

Two needs that Adam was created with included his need of God, corresponding to his spirit, and his need of Eve, corresponding to his soul and flesh. God’s wisdom decreed that the dominion and mission assigned to Adam needed to be shared with someone like him. While some of the animal creation would be good to use in work, Adam’s existence went beyond work, and among the animals (verse 20), “there was not found a helper meet for him.” 

There had to be a being that thought like Adam, and one who would also be a living soul, so that both would, as a team, reach out to God to meet their needs. So, only Eve would do.

Let me say it is quite shameful of how some of the world looks at the Church and the Holy Bible, twisting the Word and our practice to falsely declare that a wife is a slave to her husband and something less than him. Eve was a divinely created helper, as many women are today.

Holy

Because she was created from Adam, like Adam she was made in the image of God (Genesis 1:27). The account in Genesis 1 and 2 was before they disobeyed, hence we read in verse 25, “And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” Anyone familiar with this true creation account will know that the couple later disobeyed, and sin entered the world.

However, in Christ, and only in Christ, can that holiness be reclaimed. It has been noted that women oftentimes are more willing to commit to Christ than men. With that, it is interesting to note after the original couple sinned, the words of Adam are no longer recorded, but the words of Eve are. She gives credit to God for both Cain and Seth.

These virtues of Eve can be seen in many women today, especially in godly mothers. Yes, Eve sinned, but afterward she pressed on and trusted God. May we all learn by her example.