It seems to me that Eve was made on the same day as Adam.
The female is mentioned within the list of events that took place on the sixth day (Genesis 1:26-31).
God had already made everything else. He placed the man in the garden, probably before noon on the sixth day. He brought all the animals to Adam. Adam named every one. The animals were not left unnamed, once Adam came onto the scene. But there was no helper found for Adam. So, probably no more than an hour or two into the afternoon, God put Adam to sleep and made the woman. All on the sixth day!
Perhaps the way the text is worded also makes room for the view that Eve may have been created a number of days later or longer.
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