Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living. New Living Translation Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all who live. English Standard Version The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Berean Standard Bible And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living. King James Bible And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. New King James Version And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. New American Standard Bible Now the man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. NASB 1995 Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. NASB 1977 Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. Legacy Standard Bible Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. Amplified Bible The man named his wife Eve (life spring, life giver), because she was the mother of all the living. Christian Standard Bible The man named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living. Holman Christian Standard Bible Adam named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living. American Standard Version And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Contemporary English Version The man Adam named his wife Eve because she would become the mother of all who live. English Revised Version And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. GOD'S WORD® Translation Adam named his wife Eve [Life] because she became the mother of every living person. Good News Translation Adam named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all human beings. International Standard Version Now Adam had named his wife "Eve," because she was to become the mother of everyone who was living. Majority Standard Bible And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living. NET Bible The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. New Heart English Bible The man called his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Webster's Bible Translation And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. World English Bible The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the man calls his wife’s name Eve, for she has been mother of all living. Young's Literal Translation And the man calleth his wife's name Eve: for she hath been mother of all living. Smith's Literal Translation And Adam will call his wife's name Life, for she was the mother of all living. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living. Catholic Public Domain Version And Adam called the name of his wife, ‘Eve,’ because she was the mother of all the living. New American Bible The man gave his wife the name “Eve,” because she was the mother of all the living. New Revised Standard Version The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo Adam called his wife's name Eve because she was the mother of all living. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Adam called the name of his wife Khawa, because she was the mother of everyone who lives. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Adam called the name of his wife Life, because she was the mother of all living. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Punishment of Mankind…19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.” 20And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living. Cross References Genesis 2:23 And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.” 1 Corinthians 11:8-9 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. / Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. 1 Timothy 2:13 For Adam was formed first, and then Eve. Genesis 1:27-28 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. / God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.” 1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. Romans 5:12-14 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. / For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law. / Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come. 2 Corinthians 11:3 I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ. 1 Timothy 2:14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression. Genesis 5:1-2 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness. / Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.” Matthew 19:4 Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ Mark 10:6 However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ Acts 17:26 From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands. Genesis 4:1 And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said. Genesis 9:19 These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated. Genesis 5:3-5 When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth. / And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. / So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died. Treasury of Scripture And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Adam. Genesis 2:20,23 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him… Genesis 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. Genesis 16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. Eve. Acts 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; Jump to Previous Adam Eve Life Mother Wife Wife'sJump to Next Adam Eve Life Mother Wife Wife'sGenesis 3 1. The serpent deceives Eve.6. Both she and Adam transgress the divine command, and fall into sin. 8. God arraigns them. 14. The serpent is cursed. 15. The promised seed. 16. The punishment of mankind. 21. Their first clothing. 22. Their expulsion from paradise. The man This phrase refers to Adam, the first human created by God, as described in Genesis 2. In Hebrew, "Adam" (אָדָם) is closely related to the word for "ground" (אֲדָמָה, adamah), emphasizing his creation from the earth. Adam's role as the first man is foundational in the biblical narrative, representing humanity's initial relationship with God and the earth. named his wife Eve because she would become the mother of all the living (1) Of Adam's children, though in this respect she might have been so styled from the beginning; and (2) of all who should truly live in the sense of being the woman's seed, as distinguished from the seed of the serpent. In Adam's giving a second name to his wife has been discerned the first assertion of his sovereignty or lordship over woman to which he was promoted subsequent to the fall (Luther), though this seems to be negatived by the fact that Adam exercised the same prerogative immediately on her creation; an act of thoughtlessness on the part of Adam, in that, "being himself immersed in death, he should have called his wife by so proud a name" (Calvin); a proof of his incredulity (Rupertus). With a juster appreciation of the spirit of the narrative, modern expositors generally regard it as a striking testimony to his faith. Hebrew And Adamהָֽאָדָ֛ם (hā·’ā·ḏām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being named שֵׁ֥ם (šêm) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8034: A name his wife אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (’iš·tōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female Eve, חַוָּ֑ה (ḥaw·wāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2332: Eve -- 'life', the first woman because כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction she הִ֥וא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are would become הָֽיְתָ֖ה (hā·yə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be the mother אֵ֥ם (’êm) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 517: A mother, ) of all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the living. חָֽי׃ (ḥāy) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life Links Genesis 3:20 NIVGenesis 3:20 NLT Genesis 3:20 ESV Genesis 3:20 NASB Genesis 3:20 KJV Genesis 3:20 BibleApps.com Genesis 3:20 Biblia Paralela Genesis 3:20 Chinese Bible Genesis 3:20 French Bible Genesis 3:20 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 3:20 The man called his wife Eve because (Gen. 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