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20 The man named his wife Eve.[a] This is because she is the mother of everyone who ever lived.

21 The Lord God made clothes from animal skins for the man and his wife. And so the Lord dressed them. 22 Then the Lord God said, “Look, the man has become like one of us. He knows good and evil. And now we must keep him from eating some of the fruit from the tree of life. If he does, he will live forever.”

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  1. 3:20 Eve This name sounds like the Hebrew word meaning “alive.”

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