Genesis 3:20
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And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living.

Adam.

Genesis 2:20,23 And Adam called all the beasts by their names, and all the fowls of the air, and all the cattle of the field: but for Adam there was not found a helper like himself. . . .

Genesis 5:29 And he called his name Noe, saying: This same shall comfort us from the works and labours of our hands on the earth, which the Lord hath cursed.

Genesis 16:11 And again: Behold, said he, thou art with child, and thou shalt bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Ismael, because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.

Genesis 29:32-35 And she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Ruben, saying: The Lord saw my affliction: now my husband will love me. . . .

Genesis 35:18 And when her soul was departing for pain, and death was now at hand, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, the son of my pain: but his father called him Benjamin, that is, the son of the right hand.

Exodus 2:10 And she adopted him for a son, and called him Moses, saying: Because I took him out of the water.

1 Samuel 1:20 And it came to pass when the time was come about, Anna conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel: because she had asked him of the Lord.

Matthew 1:21,23 And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Jesus. For he shall save his people from their sins. . . .

Eve.

Acts 17:26 And hath made of one, all mankind, to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, determining appointed times and the limits of their habitation.

Context
The Punishment of Mankind
19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return. 20And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear lest, as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted and fall from the simplicity that is in Christ.

1 Timothy 2:13
For Adam was first formed; then Eve.

Genesis 3:21
And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.

Lexicon
And Adam
הָֽאָדָ֛ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being

named
שֵׁ֥ם (šêm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

his wife
אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (’iš·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

Eve,
חַוָּ֑ה (ḥaw·wāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2332: Eve -- 'life', the first woman

because
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

she
הִ֥וא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

would become
הָֽיְתָ֖ה (hā·yə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the mother
אֵ֥ם (’êm)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, )

of all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the living.
חָֽי׃ (ḥāy)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life


Additional Translations
And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

And Adam called the name of his wife Life, because she was the mother of all living.

And Man called his wife's name Eve; because she is the mother of all living.

And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

The man called his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

And the man calleth his wife's name Eve: for she hath been mother of all living.
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