6. See Gordon J. Wenham, Genesis 1–15 (Waco, TX: Word, 1987), 68. “Elsewhere ’ezer usually refers to divine assistance, but it is used in three prophetic passages to denote military aid (Isaiah 30:5; Ezekiel 12:14; Hosea 13:9). To help someone does not imply that the helper is stronger [or weaker] than the helped: simply that the latter’s strength is inadequate by itself.”