Genesis 3:20
And the man calls his wife’s name Eve, for she has been mother of all living.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
In Context
21And YHWH God makes coats of skin [for] the man and his wife, and clothes them.
Cross References
Genesis 2:20And the man calls names to all the livestock, and to bird of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man a helper has not been found as his counterpart.
Genesis 5:29and calls his name Noah, saying, “This [one] comforts us concerning our work, and concerning the labor of our hands, because of the ground which YHWH has cursed.”
Genesis 29:32and Leah conceives, and bears a son, and calls his name Reuben, for she said, “Because YHWH has looked on my affliction; because now does my husband love me.”
Exodus 2:10And the boy grows, and she brings him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calls his name Moses, and says, “Because I have drawn him from the water.”
Matthew 1:21and she will bring forth a Son, and you will call His Name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
Acts 17:26He also made every nation of man of one blood, to dwell on all the face of the earth—having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings—
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 →