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


In Context

17 And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work; with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life.

18 Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou eat the herbs of the earth.

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.

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

21 And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife, garments of skins, and clothed them.

22 And he said: Behold Adam is become as one of us, knowing good and evil: now, therefore, lest perhaps he put forth 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20And Man called his wife's name Eve; because she is 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.