Genesis 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. I. GOD LEAVES NOT HIS CHILDREN WITHOUT MEANS TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR WORST CONDITION. II. THE GRACE WHICH GOD ESPECIALLY WORKS AND PRESERVES IN HIS CHILDREN'S HEARTS, IS FAITH. III. GOD'S PROMISES MUST BE EMBRACED BY FAITH, AS REAL PERFORMANCES. IV. A GODLY MAN MUST BE CAREFUL TO PRESERVE MEMORIALS OF GREAT MERCIES. To this end God ordained the Sabbath, and divers other festivals, as likewise did the Church in imitation of Him (Esther 9:20, 21, 27, 28); for the same end they gave names to the places where those mercies were performed (1 Samuel 7:12; 2 Chronicles 20:26). Upon the same ground God appoints a pot of manna to be kept in the tabernacle, to remind posterity of that miraculous feeding of their fathers with bread from heaven (Exodus 16:33). V. IT IS FIT IN GIVING NAMES, TO MAKE CHOICE OF SUCH AS MAY GIVE US WITHAL SOMETHING FOR OUR INSTRUCTION. Of this God Himself gives us a precedent, in changing Abraham's and Sarah's name (Genesis 17:5, 15), and Jacob's (Genesis 32:28), in giving Solomon his name (1 Chronicles 21:9), and the name of Jesus to our Saviour (Matthew 1:21), which holy persons have followed (Genesis 21:3, 6, and Genesis 29:32). Reason 1. We need all helps, to mind us either of God's mercies, and acts of His providence, or of our own duties; which God Himself implied, in causing His people to write the commandments on the posts and gates of their houses (Deuteronomy 11:20), and to make fringes to their garments, to put them in mind of them (Numbers 15:38, 39). 2. And there is no readier means to mind us of such things than our names, which we have daily in our mouths and memories. (J. White, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.WEB: The man called his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living. |
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