The motives and sequence of events seem to be quite clear if one reads the words as written.
God made the earth and heavens. God made man God planted a garden in Eden and made plants. God made animals to try to find a fit helper for man. No fit helper was found among the animals made in an attempt to find a fit helper. God made woman.
If this really is the sequence of events then the Christian God is not the all-powerful, all-knowing God. God should have known that the animals would not be a fit help mate for man. He should have made Eve right off.
Of course, I've always wondered about the bit of Adam first and then Adam gives birth to Eve. So if Eve hadn't sinned would man have been the one to give birth?
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