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Mark writes:“My view is this- men and women are equal in essence, in the image fo God, but not in function. e.g- Adam is commissioned to look after the Garden and Eve isnt- she is his helper.”
SM responds: “How do you reconcile “Adam is commissioned to look after the Garden and Eve isn’t-she is his helper” with both male and female were to be fruitful, multiply, replenish, subdue and rule (care) for the earth?”

Excellent point sm. In addition ……
God put the human in the garden to tend it because God had a lesson to teach the human. I do not see God saying that in the future the man in commissioned in life to tend gardens and women are not to tend gardens. As sm points out, there is no indication that the woman was going to be restricted from tending gardens when she was created just because the man did so first. This is the beginning of things after all. The woman isn’t “commissioned” as you suggest because she wasn’t created yet, and the lesson to be learned in the garden by the man was foundational to their relationship together. The man needed to learn that it was not good to be alone and that he needed someone to allay (help) his aloneness.