Genesis 3:20

And Ada called his wyfe Heua because she was the mother of all that lyveth

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19In the swete of thy face shalt thou eate brede vntill thou returne vnto the erth whece thou wast take: for erth thou art ad vnto erth shalt thou returne.

21And the LORde God made Adam and hys wyfe garmentes of skynnes and put them on them.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:20And Adam gave names vnto all maner catell and vnto the foules of the ayre and vnto all maner beastes of the felde. But there was no helpe founde vnto Adam to beare him companye

Genesis 5:29and called hym Noe sayng. This same shall comforte vs: as concernynge oure worke and sorowe of oure handes which we haue aboute the erthe that the LORde hath cursed.

Genesis 29:32And Lea conceaued and bare a sonne ad called his name Rube for she sayde::the LORde hath loked apon my tribulation. And now my husbonde will loue me.

Matthew 1:21She shall brynge forthe a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iesus. For he shall save his peple from their synnes.

Acts 17:26and hath made of one bloud all nacions of men for to dwell on all the face of the erthe and hath assigned before how longe tyme and also the endes of their inhabitacion

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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