Genesis 3:20

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

19By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you teshuvah ·complete return· to the ground, 2 for out of it you were taken. 1 For you are dust, 2 and to dust you shall made teshuvah ·complete return·.”

21Adonai God made coats of animal skins for Adam [Human, Red earth] and for his wife, and clothed them. (A:5, S:4)

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Cross References

Genesis 2:20The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him.

Genesis 5:29He named him Noah [Rest], saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground which Adonai has cursed.”

Genesis 29:32Leah [Weary] conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben [See, a son!]. For she said, “Because Adonai has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will 'ahav ·affectionately love· me.”

Exodus 2:10The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses [Drawn out], and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.” (3)

Matthew 1:21+ 1:21 (21-23) MP: The name Immanu'el, meaning [God with us]. This is an attributed title, not his literal name. Consider (Is 8:7-8) also uses the Hebrew Immanu'el. (Is 7:14b) She shall give birth to a son. + 1:21 b MP: Messiah serves the poor and needy who cannot repay in kind. This could reference a literal or spiritual condition or both. (Ps 72:12-13) + 1:21. MP: Messiah was named before his birth. (Is 9:1, 49:1c) You shall call his name Yeshua [Salvation], for it is he who shall save his people from their abstract sins ·miss the marks·.”

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 →

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