Genesis 3:19-21
New King James Version
19 (A)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(B)For dust you are,
And (C)to dust you shall return.”
20 And Adam called his wife’s name (D)Eve,[a] because she was the mother of all living.
21 Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.
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- Genesis 3:20 Lit. Life or Living
Genesis 3:19-21
English Standard Version
19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
(A)for you are dust,
and (B)to dust you shall return.”
20 The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.[a] 21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.
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- Genesis 3:20 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living
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