20And Man called his wife's name Eve; because she is the mother of all living.


In Context

17 And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18 and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return.

20 And Man called his wife's name Eve; because she is the mother of all living.

21 And Jehovah Elohim made Adam and his wife coats of skin, and clothed them.

22 And Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever ...!

Genesis 3:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:20And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:20Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:20And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:20And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:20And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20The man called his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20And the man calleth his wife's name Eve: for she hath been mother of all living.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:20And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.