This is why we need male AND female! Genesis 2:18 is the first time we see the use of the phrase "not good." Creation was perfect and God was present, yet SOMEONE was ABSENT. It wasn’t that something bad was present—it was that something good was MISSING. Adam was not bad. It was the fact that he lacked a PARTNER. The differences in our genders were meant to make us ONE. Just as it was not good for Adam to be alone, it was also not good for the woman to remain hidden within the man. WOMAN was a