My Bible says Eve is Adam’s helper. Were women created to help men succeed?

Our English translations of Genesis 2:18 suggest that God declares he will make a “helper” (or ezer in Hebrew) for Adam. Translating the Hebrew word ezer as “helper” does a great disservice to the Hebrew meaning of this word.  In English, helper usually means someone who assists someone else to succeed. The common phrase being, “behind every successful man is a woman.”  However, in Hebrew ezer comes from two root Hebrew words: 1) to be strong, and 2) to rescue. One example of its use is Psalm 121:1-2. Here the writer declares that he lifts his eyes up to the mountains, “where does my help (ezer) come from?”—from God! In this context, we understand ezer to mean God provides the strong help needed. This is the same word that God uses to describe the woman Adam governs beside.  The resources below provide a deeper understanding of this passage and the problematic translation issues inherent in our English Bibles.