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Genesis 3:20

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20Adamp named his wife Eve,q because she was the mother of all human beings.

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Footnotes

  1. padam: This name in Hebrew means “humanity”.
  2. qeve: This name sounds similar to the Hebrew word for “living”, which is rendered in this context as “human beings”.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The man named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all who live.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all life.

KJV 1900King James Version

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