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Genesis 3:18-20
International Standard Version
Genesis 3:18-20
International Standard Version
18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you’ll eat the plants from the meadows.
19 You will eat food by the sweat of your brow
until you’re buried in[a] the ground,
because you were taken from it.
You’re made from dust
and you’ll return to dust.”
20 Now Adam[b] had named his wife “Eve,”[c] because she was to become the mother of everyone who was living.
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- Genesis 3:19 Lit. you return to
- Genesis 3:20 Or the man
- Genesis 3:20 The Heb. name Hawwa (Eve) means life.
Genesis 3:18-20
New International Version
Genesis 3:18-20
New International Version
18 It will produce thorns and thistles(A) for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.(B)
19 By the sweat of your brow(C)
you will eat your food(D)
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”(E)
20 Adam[a] named his wife Eve,[b](F) because she would become the mother of all the living.
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:20 Or The man
- Genesis 3:20 Eve probably means living.
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