Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 3:20
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And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
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And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
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The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.
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And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
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Genesis 3
18 Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
20 And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
21 And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
22 Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever…”
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