It is with your capability to "interpret to fit" the bible on one hand but no only allow the literal interpretation on the other ...
Gen 2:18 - Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
After he found out that he was wrong when he thought the animals would be satisfactory companions.
Chapter 1 tells us that man and woman were both created on day 6, so these events in Chapter 2 took place on day 6,
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