God created all the heavens and the earth, plants, animals and Adam and it was all good, except for one thing, the only thing that was not good—Adam was alone; he needed a companion.

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18

So God created an ezer kenegdo for him—a help to surround and protect him, one who was parallel and face to face with him, not under him.  The word ezer or helper is the same word used for God helping the Israelites against the sword of Pharaoh (Exodus 18:4)—Eve was no shrinking violet!

There is no such thing in the Bible as a “helpmeet”—not even in the King James, but “an help meet,” or, in the Hebrew, ezer kenegdo (see above). This false interpretation has long been interpreted as submissive and demure, used to hold women down.

God gave Eve–and her daughters, joint rulership with Adam over all the creatures of the Earth! (Genesis 1:26-28)

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”