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


In Context

17 To Adam he said, |Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

18 Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.

19 By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.|

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

21 Yahweh God made coats of skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.

22 Yahweh God said, |Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...|

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 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 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.