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Genesis 3:20
Easy-to-Read Version
Genesis 3:20
Easy-to-Read Version
20 Adam[a] named his wife Eve.[b] He gave her this name because Eve would be the mother of everyone who ever lived.
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- Genesis 3:20 Adam This name means “man” or “people.” It is like the word meaning “earth” or “red clay.”
- Genesis 3:20 Eve This name is like the Hebrew word meaning “life.”
Genesis 3:20
King James Version
Genesis 3:20
King James Version
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
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Genesis 3:20
New Living Translation
Genesis 3:20
New Living Translation
Paradise Lost: God’s Judgment
20 Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all who live.[a]
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- 3:20 Eve sounds like a Hebrew term that means “to give life.”
Genesis 3:20
New King James Version
Genesis 3:20
New King James Version
20 And Adam called his wife’s name (A)Eve,[a] because she was the mother of all living.
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- Genesis 3:20 Lit. Life or Living
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