Genesis 2:23

New International Version

²³The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;^(A)
she shall be called^(B) ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.^(C)”

Genesis 2:23

Good News Translation

²³Then the man said,

“At last, here is one of my own kind—
Bone taken from my bone, and flesh from my flesh.
‘Woman’ is her name because she was taken out of man.”^[a]

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

²⁰Adam^[a] named his wife Eve,^[b] because she was the mother of all human beings.

Genesis 3:20 This name in Hebrew means “all human beings.”
Genesis 3:20 This name sounds similar to the Hebrew word for “living,” which is rendered in this context as “human beings.”

New International Version (NIV)