Genesis 3:20

20 Adam named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all human beings.

Genesis 3:20 In-Context

18 It will produce weeds and thorns, and you will have to eat wild plants.
19 You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. You were made from soil, and you will become soil again."
20 Adam named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all human beings.
21 And the Lord God made clothes out of animal skins for Adam and his wife, and he clothed them.
22 Then the Lord God said, "Now these human beings have become like one of us and have knowledge of what is good and what is bad. They must not be allowed to take fruit from the tree that gives life, eat it, and live forever."

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. adam: [This name in Hebrew means "all human beings."]
  • [b]. eve: [This name sounds similar to the Hebrew word for "living," which is rendered in this context as "human beings."]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.