20 Now the man named his wife [a](A)Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

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  1. Genesis 3:20 I.e., living; or life

20 Adam[a] named his wife Eve,[b](A) because she would become the mother of all the living.

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  1. Genesis 3:20 Or The man
  2. Genesis 3:20 Eve probably means living.