When God first created man — male and female he created them — Adam was one. Eve was in him. But then God took Eve out of the man and called her a woman because she was taken out of the man.
Why would God bring Eve out? She was part of Adam. They were one. But for some reason, God wanted her to be an external person. Someone else. Someone apart from Ada…
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