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Ordinary Time · Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year B

Genesis 2:18-24

The Creation of Woman and Marriage

October 3, 2027

Adam and Eve, Lucas Cranach the Elder
Adam and Eve, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Cranach painted this pair dozens of times. The two stand either side of the tree with a stag, a lion and a sheep at their feet, and Eve is already holding the apple out.It is not good that the man should be alone: the reading is the making of the pair, and this is the pair.Lucas Cranach the ElderCourt painter in Wittenberg (1472-1553), Luther's friend and the printer of his movement's images, which made him the visual voice of the Reformation.Courtauld Institute of Art, LondonA teaching collection attached to an art history institute, built on a textile fortune and famous for its Impressionists.Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Roman Lectionary
GospelMark 10:2-16Mk 10:2-16 orMark 10:2-12Mk 10:2-12
Second ReadingHeb. 2:9-11Heb 2:9-11
First ReadingGen. 2:18-24Gn 2:18-24
Responsorial PsalmPs. 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 (cf. 5)Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 (cf. 5)

Overview & Insights

"Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh." (Genesis 2:24)

In the second creation account God observes that it is not good for the man to be alone and forms woman from his side as a fitting partner, establishing the one-flesh union of marriage.

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Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 2:18-24Commentary on Gn 2:18-24 Working Preacher

Luther Seminary exegesis of the making of woman and the one flesh union at the heart of the day's readings.

Genesis 2: A Helper Fit for HimGn 2: A Helper Fit for Him Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on the whole chapter.

Genesis 2 CommentaryGn 2 Commentary Precept Austin

A deep gathering of word studies and cross references worked verse by verse.

Genesis 2:18 CommentariesGn 2:18 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries on the creation of woman in one place.

Genesis 2, Expository NotesGn 2, Expository Notes StudyLight

Thomas Constable's expository notes on the helper fit for the man and the meaning of one flesh.

Background & Word Study

Genesis 2 in HebrewGn 2 in Hebrew Sefaria

The Hebrew text with English alongside and traditional Jewish commentary links.

Genesis 2:18 Hebrew InterlinearGn 2:18 Hebrew Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers for close study of the passage.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Genesis 2Catena on Gn 2 Catena

Patristic comments verse by verse on the forming of woman and the union of husband and wife.

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