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    The Watchtower—1983 | July 1
    • Genesis 2:18, where the Hebrew text has been translated as follows: “I will make him a helpmate” (Catholic Jerusalem Bible); “I will make a fitting helper for him” (New Jewish Publication Society); “I will make him an help meet for him” (King James Version); “I am going to make a helper for him, as a complement of him.”​—New World Translation.

  • Insight on the News
    The Watchtower—1983 | July 1
    • Woman’s role as ‘a helper, a complement’ of man is supported by statements found elsewhere in God’s inspired Word. For instance, the apostle Peter did not support the thought that woman was made ‘a power equal to man,’ but he urged: “You husbands, continue dwelling in like manner with [your wives] according to knowledge, assigning them honor as to a weaker vessel, the feminine one.” (1 Peter 3:7) But woman’s role as a complement does not make her an inferior creature. Actually, she possesses qualities that complement those of man within God’s arrangement.​—1 Corinthians 11:3, 11, 12; Ephesians 5:21-33.

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