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18 Weeds and thistles will grow for you,
        even as you eat the field’s plants;
19     by the sweat of your face you will eat bread—
        until you return to the fertile land,
            since from it you were taken;
            you are soil,
                to the soil you will return.”

20 The man named his wife Eve[a] because she is the mother of everyone who lives.

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  1. Genesis 3:20 Heb sounds like live.

18 It will produce thorns and thistles(A) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.(B)
19 By the sweat of your brow(C)
    you will eat your food(D)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”(E)

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

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