Genesis 3:19-20

19 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you ¹return to the ground, Because ²from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return."

20 Now the man called his wife's name ³Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

Genesis 3:19-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 3

In this chapter an account is given of the temptation of our first parents, of the instrument of it, and of their fall into it, and of the effect of it, Ge 3:1-7 their summons upon it to appear before God, against whom they had sinned, Ge 3:8-10 their examination by him, and the excuses they made, Ge 3:11-13 the various sentences passed of the serpent, the woman, and the man, Ge 3:14-19 some incidental things recorded, expressive of faith and hope in man, and of favour to him, Ge 3:20,21 and his expulsion from the garden of Eden, Ge 3:22-24.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 90:3; Psalms 104:29; Ecclesiastes 12:7
• 2. Genesis 2:7
• 3. 2 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 2:13

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. living; or life