20 Now the man named his wife [a](A)Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

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  1. Genesis 3:20 I.e., living; or life

20 And Adam called his wife’s name (A)Eve,[a] because she was the mother of all living.

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  1. Genesis 3:20 Lit. Life or Living

20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

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20 The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.[a]

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  1. Genesis 3:20 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living