“I am going to make a helper for him, as a complement of him.”​—Genesis 2:18-20.

4. In what sense was the woman man’s helper and complement?

⁴ God said that the woman would be man’s helper and complement. Since they were made in God’s image, he would expect them to manifest his qualities​—justice, love, wisdom, and power—​in their relationship with each other. Therefore, Eve would be “a complement,” not a competitor. The family would not be like a ship with two competing captains, but headship would be exercised by Adam.​—1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 5:22-24; 1 Timothy 2:12, 13.