Genesis 3:20-22
1599 Geneva Bible
20 (And the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living)
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God [a]make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 ¶ And the Lord God said, [b]Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now lest he put forth his hand, and [c]take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever,
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- Genesis 3:21 Or, gave them knowledge to make themselves coats.
- Genesis 3:22 By this derision he reproacheth Adam’s misery, whereinto he was fallen by ambition.
- Genesis 3:22 Adam deprived of life, lost also the sign thereof.
Genesis 3:20-22
New International Version
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.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:20 Or The man
- Genesis 3:20 Eve probably means living.
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