Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 2:18

18. And the LORD God said , It is not good , that the man should be alone: I will make him an help meet for him .

Or, Had said, to wit, upon the sixth day, on which the Woman was made, Gen. 1. 27, 28.

Not convenient either for my purpose of the increase of mankind, or for mans personal comfort, or for the propagation of his kind.

A most emphatical phrase signifying thus much, one correspondent to him, suitable both to his nature and necessity, one altogether like to him in shape and constitution, disposition and affection, a second self; or one to be at hand and near to him, to stand continually before him, familiarly to converse with him, to be always ready to succour, serve, and comfort him; or, one whose eye, respect, and care, as well as desire, (Gen. 3. 16.) should be to him, whose business it shall be to please and help him.

Marginal references: Heb, as before him, or, as it were comparable to him, Is. 40. 1[illegible: 1+ letters].