20And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all 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 of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

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

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

21 For Adam also and for his wife the LORD God made coats of skins, and clothed them.

22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man hath become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he should 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 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 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 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.