Genesis 3:18-20
English Standard Version Anglicised
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
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]
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- Genesis 3:20 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living
Genesis 3:18-20
New International Version
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.
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:20 Or The man
- Genesis 3:20 Eve probably means living.
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