Adam and Eve -- Redux

I've been wondering about the first couple... no, not the Obama family. I mean the very first couple. I think we sometimes forget that they were real people. We maybe assume that they were just mindlessly walking around in the garden, all Luna Lovegood-ish, sort of incoherent and dazed. I hope no one is offended by this but try to imagine them in the context of how we modern folk feel and relate to each other.

Think about it... God wanted Adam to have a mate, helper, companion, compadre, partner, an help meet, call her what you choose. So Eve was made from Adam, only she was made in the garden. Adam was made and then placed in the garden. Maybe that explains some of the differences, maybe not.

But the point is, the Bible says that God made for Adam a helper fit for him, or suitable for him, depending on your translation of choice. She was just right for Adam, although he really didn't have any point of reference so I suppose she was that "one in a million", or at least one in one.

I just think it's really amazing how God made things for a certain purpose right from the start. This was the first woman ever made. God could have made her any way He wanted to but He made her to suit the first man. He made Eve to match Adam, from and for Adam, and ultimately for the purposes He had planned. Nothing random, nothing by chance or coincidence. I'll wager they even shared the same likes and dislikes.

Can't you just imagine some of the conversations they had?

I bet she oohed and aahed at what a good animal-namer he was.

"Honey? Does this nakedness make me look fat?"

"Babe, I'd choose you over any other woman on the planet."

"You're the only one for me."

"Hi. I'm Adam. You're Eve."

"I'd slip into something more comfortable but that's not really possible."

"Hey, Adam? I'm hungry. Think I'll go out for a bite."