The Catechism's Selective Helpmeet Citation

Man and woman were made "for each other" — not that God left them half-made and incomplete: he created them to be a communion of persons, in which each can be "helpmate" to the other, for they are equal as persons ("bone of my bones...") and complementary as masculine and feminine. In marriage God unites them in such a way that, by forming "one flesh",²⁴⁵ they can transmit human life: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth."²⁴⁶ By transmitting human life to their descendants, man and woman as spouses and parents cooperate in a unique way in the Creator's work.²⁴⁷ CCC 372.

The Catechism cites Genesis 2:24 (That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.)

and Genesis 1:28 (God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.)

But it does not cite Genesis 2:18 - "And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him"

It quotes "helpmate," but doesn't cite the verse, or quote it in full, or give any explanation for the verse at all or its meaning. And it seems to say the opposite, or at least to imply the opposite, or to omit an emphasis of Sacred Scripture.

The question is:
- Why does it do this?
- Wouldn't it be better to cite the full verse and explain it?
- What scriptural meaning is being left out by not citing this verse?
- What potential meanings and doctrines could be smuggled in to Catholic teaching by the intentional ommission of this verse? The explanation that seems to emphasize the very opposite of what the Scripture says - that woman is the helpmate to the man?

The Catholic Church teaches of Scripture that "since everything asserted by the inspired authors or sacred writers must be held to be asserted by the Holy Spirit, it follows that the books of Scripture must be acknowledged as teaching solidly, faithfully and without error that truth which God wanted put into sacred writings for the sake of salvation. Therefore 'all Scripture is divinely inspired and has its use for teaching the truth and refuting error, for reformation of manners and discipline in right living, so that the man who belongs to God may be efficient and equipped for good work of every kind' (2 Tim. 3:16-17)" - Dei Verbum

So Scripture and the Catholic Church's own magisteriail documents assert that Genesis 2:28 is:

- "asserted by the Holy Spirit"
- "teach[es] solidly, faithfully and without error that truth which God wantedput into sacred writings for the sake of salvation."
- "has its use for teaching the truth and refuting error"
- "for the reformation of manners and discipline in right living, so that the man who belongs to God may be efficient and equipped for good work of every kind."

If this is true, again it would be good if the verse was included on the Catechism's section "male and female he created them." It would appear that, in a special way, women was made specifically as a helpmeet for the man, in a way that he was not made for her. What way could this be? The Catechism does not say - but it would be good if the truth of whatever Scripture is teaching was taught