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Genesis 3:19-21
English Standard Version
Genesis 3:19-21
English Standard Version
19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
(A)for you are dust,
and (B)to dust you shall return.”
20 The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.[a] 21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.
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- Genesis 3:20 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living
Genesis 3:19-21
New International Version
Genesis 3:19-21
New International Version
19 By the sweat of your brow(A)
you will eat your food(B)
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”(C)
20 Adam[a] named his wife Eve,[b](D) because she would become the mother of all the living.
21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.(E)
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:20 Or The man
- Genesis 3:20 Eve probably means living.
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