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19 You will work hard for your food,
    until your face is covered with sweat.
You will work hard until the day you die,
    and then you will become dust again.
I used dust to make you,
    and when you die, you will become dust again.”

20 Adam[a] named his wife Eve.[b] He gave her this name because Eve would be the mother of everyone who ever lived.

21 The Lord God used animal skins and made some clothes for the man and his wife. Then he put the clothes on them.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:20 Adam This name means “man” or “people.” It is like the word meaning “earth” or “red clay.”
  2. Genesis 3:20 Eve This name is like the Hebrew word meaning “life.”

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