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”The fact that Adam names Eve, Eve was made from and for him, made as his help-meet obviously do not constitute enough ‘references’ for you.”

Mark, 557

1. God named the first humans adham, which means human. That was their name (Gen. 5:1). It is the same way that Adam named all the creatures as dog, cat, cow, hippopatamus, etc. Adam didn’t give them personal names. Now after the fall, Adam affectionately and possibly repentantly renamed his wife Eve, mother of living. Whether or not Adam felt he was taking authority over her, we don’t know and Scripture doesn’t say. From then on Eve names all the children. And in most cases following, mothers name their children not the fathers.
2. Eve was made from Adam indicating they were of the same substance. The first recorded words out of Adam’s mouth were an exultant observation that she was like him, bone and flesh of him. Eve was made to allay Adam’s aloneness. Adam had all the creatures of creation at his disposal that he had a guardianship authority over. Eve was his equal, his ezer kenegdo (strong help — facing, countering).

It is a sad state to be in to be looking for reasons to exercise dominion over another person. We are to bless, respect, honor, support, assist, bring healing, and so forth to one another as fellow Christians and fellow human beings. It is disappointing to see so much of the world’s desire to control, take, hoard, have power, etc. running through the body of Christ and whitewashed as godly behavior. IMO if we cannot better the lives of others, then we don’t have much life in ourselves.