Adam Naming the Animals
Genesis 2:18–20
Works of art by Unknown artist and Unknown Venetian artist
Commentaries by Henry Maguire
Genesis 2:18–20
Bible passage (Revised Standard Version)
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19So out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him.