Genesis 3:20

American Standard Version

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

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Genesis 3:20 in other translations

The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.

Genesis 3:20 · World English Bible

Genesis 3:20 in context

  1. 18thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
  2. 19in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
  3. 20And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
  4. 21And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.
  5. 22And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever—