Genesis 2:18

Hebrew Bible

17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die.” 18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.” 19 The Lord God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

Pseudo Jonathan Genesis 2:18

Targum

17 but of the tree of which those who eat its fruit have the wisdom to distinguish good and evil, you shall not eat, because on the day on which you eat of it, you shall incur the death penalty.' 18 And the Lord God said, 'It is not right that Adam should sleep alone; I will make for him a woman who will be a support alongside him.' 19 So the Lord God created from the ground every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens, and brought them to Adam to see what name he would call them; and whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.

 Notes and References

"... The Targums do not translate the Hebrew word 'good' at Genesis 2:18 by the corresponding Aramaic word in order to avoid the apparent contradiction between this verse and Genesis 1:31, which states that everything God made was good ..."

Maher, Michael Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, Genesis (p. 24) Liturgical Press, 1992

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