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Genesis 3:20-22
New International Version
Genesis 3:20-22
New International Version
20 Adam[a] named his wife Eve,[b](A) 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.(B) 22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us,(C) knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life(D) and eat, and live forever.”
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- Genesis 3:20 Or The man
- Genesis 3:20 Eve probably means living.
Genesis 3:20-22
King James Version
Genesis 3:20-22
King James Version
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
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Genesis 3:20-22
English Standard Version
Genesis 3:20-22
English Standard Version
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.
22 Then the Lord God said, (A)“Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand (B)and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—”
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- Genesis 3:20 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living
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