Genesis 3:20
Adam named his wife Eve, because she was to be the mother of all human beings.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
In Context
21The Lord God made Adam and Eve clothes from animal skins and dressed them.
Cross References
Genesis 2:20Adam gave names to all the livestock, all the birds, and all the wild animals. But Adam didn't find anyone like him who could help him.
Genesis 5:29He named him Noah, with the explanation, “He will provide relief for us from all the hard manual labor we need to do in cultivating the ground the Lord has cursed.”
Genesis 29:32Leah became pregnant, and had a son she named Reuben, for she said, “The Lord saw how much I was suffering and now my husband will love me!”
Exodus 2:10When the boy was older she took him to Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her son. She called him Moses, because she said, “I pulled him out of the water.”
Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a son and you shall call him Jesus, for he will save people from their sins.”
Acts 17:26From one man he made all the peoples who live on the earth, and decided beforehand when and where they should live.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:18-20
Sentence Passed on Adam; Consequences of the Fall. ( b. c. 4004.) 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for… Read the whole commentary →