It is interesting that ‘not good’ could follow so close on the heels of ‘very good.’ Obviously God knew what was good and what was not good. When He said ‘it was very good’ at the end of chapter one He was already talking about what is was like after this verse because remember, chapter one is an overview, chapter two fills in the gaps.
So before ‘it was very good’ God said ‘ it is not good that man should be alone.’ On the sixth day God made it a point to say ‘it is not good that man should be alone.’ He created male and female of all the other species so He was not about to only have a male human. But God wanted us to be clear about this – it is not good that a man should be alone.
God cares about relationships. After all the eternal Trinity lives in relationship with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Here, God gives Adam a wife to come alongside and work with him. His life was not to be a lonely one.
But I think we can expand the principle. God intended us to be communal, relational, societal beings. Soon God would establish societies and cultures and governments and communities.
God created us for relationships – that is one reason relationships are worth working on and fighting for. No man is an island, not man stands alone.
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