And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Ver. 20. Adam gave names.] A sign of his sovereignty; Numbers 32:38 ; Num 32:41 an argument also of his wisdom, in giving them names according to their natures, as Hebricians well know.
But for Adam there was not found, &c.] God set all the creatures before him, ere he gave him a wife: (1.) That, seeing the sexes, he might desire to have a help in his kind and nature also. Men should not marry till they find in themselves the need of a wife. (2.) That seeing no other fit help, he might the more prize her. a
a Ut ei commendatius esset Dei donum. - Pet. Martyr .