Gen 2: Creation of man and woman as his partner, and the provision of Eden

• God has created the heavens and the earth, and everything is still in a state of absolute purity and holiness. The chapter explains in greater detail the creation of man, a description of the garden of Eden, the placing of man under the first obligation and law, and the institution of the ordinance of marriage.
• v4: In Gen 1, God was referred to as Elohim - a God of power, but He is now referred to as Jehovah Elohim - a God of power and perfection.
• v7: Man, the masterpiece of God's creation, was formed of the dust of the earth, but breathed life into by the spirit of God (1 Co 15:47 - The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven).
• v8-16: The place appointed for Adam's residence was a garden, not a house or a magnificient palace. As clothes came with sin, so did houses. Solomon's clothes, in all their splendour, were not arrayed like the lilies of the field. God specially provided and planted a garden for Adam, distinguishing him as chosen and set apart with favour.
  
• v15: Man was made in the wilderness, and was placed in the garden. He lived out of Eden before he lived in it, that he might see the comforts of paradise and acknowledge God's provision. As such, a male was born to be wild, have a longing for adventure and danger =p (John Eldredge). God also put the man there for a purpose - to work and take care of the land. Likewise, none of us are here on earth to be idle. God gave us this earth to work, but while He gives us dominion over the earth, He reminds us that we are still under the government of our Creator (v16-17).
• v16-17: The tree of life in the garden of Eden is a foreshadowing of the tree of life in paradise (Rev 2:7), assuring Adam the continuance of life and happiness through God's grace and favour, on condition of his innocence and obedience. The tree of knowledge of good and evil probably did not provide any knowledge; rather it was used to reveal the will of God and provided the first test of obedience from Adam. 'Good' was not to eat of the tree; 'evil' was to eat of the tree. In these two trees, God set before Adam good and evil, the blessing and the curse, life and death. Notice that God's original plan was to allow Man to eat of the tree of life, which placed in the centre of the garden, was the only tree prohibited to Man once he had fallen short of God's glory.
• Disobedience (i.e. sin) = death (i.e. judgement)
• v18: Despite all of God's wonderful and perfect creation, God pitied Adam's solitude. Created in the image of God, a perfect Trinity bound by love and equal relationship, Man was created a social being, to connect with others on the same level in love and fellowship.
• v19-20: reaffirms Man's dominion over all creatures, as they are all brought before him.
• v21-22: Adam was first formed, then Eve was made of him, for him. (1 Co 11:8-9). Adam is not the crowning glory of God's creation; Eve is. Hence if man is the head, woman is the crown of the visible creation, as the glory of man. "That the woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved" (Matthew henry). Adam lost a rib, but in place he had a helper for him. God may take away, but He will provide us with blessings that are new and fresh each day. Out of the side of Christ, His spouse the church was formed; blood to purchase His church, and water to purify it to himself.
• This was a marriage in which God Himself had an immediate hand in. God, as her Father, brought the woman to the man. God did not leave the two alone in the garden and say to man, "She's out there somewhere, now go chase and find her". =p
• v24-25: The bonds of marriage are stronger than our ties to our parents, because in the institution of marriage, God will make the two become one in Him.