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20 Adam gave his wife a name. He called her Eve. This was because she would become the mother of all people.[a]

21 The Lord God made clothes for Adam and Eve to wear. He used the skins from animals to make them.

22 The Lord God said, ‘The man has now become like one of us because he understands good and evil. So we must not let him take fruit from the tree that gives life. If he eats that fruit, he will live for ever.’

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  1. 3:20 All humans on earth are descendants of Adam and Eve.

20 Adam[a] named his wife Eve,[b](A) because she would become the mother of all the living.

21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.(B) 22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us,(C) knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life(D) and eat, and live forever.”

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  1. Genesis 3:20 Or The man
  2. Genesis 3:20 Eve probably means living.