8. For the man is not from the woman. He establishes by two arguments the pre-eminence, which he had assigned to men above women. The first is, that as the woman derives her origin from the man, she is therefore inferior in rank. The second is, that as the woman was created for the sake of the man, she is therefore subject to him, as the work ultimately produced is to its cause. (627) That the man is the beginning of the woman and the end for which she was made, is evident from the law. (Genesis 2:18.)
It is not good for a man to be alone. Let us make for him, etc.
Farther,
God took one of Adam’s ribs and formed Eve. (Genesis 2:21.)
(627) “ Ainsi que l’oeuure tendant a quelque fin est au dessous de sa cause et fin pour laquelle on le fait;” — “As a work fitted for some design is inferior to its cause and the design for which it is made.”