18And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” 19Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. 20So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.
Genesis 2:18-22, NKJV
21And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
God said it was not good for man to be alone but His next action was not creating Eve. Instead He gave Adam a task. Through Adam completing the task of naming every animal, it was clear there was no helper just right for him. Was God looking for obedience? Was He giving Adam an opportunity to see the need as He already had?
We want to skip the task and jump right to the provision. But here we see that’s not how God works. Through the task and the follow-through on Adam’s part, God provided Eve, his helper comparable to him.