Marriage is important to God. In fact, God instituted marriage. Let's look at some verses.  Genesis 2:18 in the KJB says, " And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him ." Genesis 2:23-24 " And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh ." Adam understood that he was alone and God said that it was not good for the man to be alone. So, He wanted to created a help meet for Adam. What is a help meet? A help meet is a partner and companion. God would then bring Adam and Eve together in the very first marriage (Gen 2:22). They would then become husband and wife as Genesis 2:23-24 says.  Adam was given dominion over the earth. Adam and Eve were NOT "co-regents". Rather, man was to rule and the woman was ...