Genesis 3:20

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“And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.”

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BSBPD

“And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the man calleth his wife's name Eve: for she hath been mother of all living.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 3:20 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 2:20The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
  2. Genesis 2:23And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
  3. Genesis 5:29And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”
  4. Genesis 16:11The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.
  5. Genesis 29:32And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
  6. Genesis 35:18And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
  7. Exodus 2:10When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
  8. 1 Samuel 1:20So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
  9. Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
  10. Matthew 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
  11. Acts 17:26From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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