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Genesis 3:20
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18 Both thorns and thistles it shall1 bring forth for you,
And ayou shall eat the herb of the field. 
19 aIn the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
bFor dust you are,
And cto dust you shall return.”  
20 And Adam called his wife’s name aEve, 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.
22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—
23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden ato till the ground from which he was taken.  
24 So aHe drove out the man; and He placed bcherubim cat the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of dlife. 
Verse Comparison: Genesis 3:20

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American Standard Version
And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Amplified® Bible
The man called his wife's name Eve [life spring], because she was the mother of all the living.

Contemporary English Version
The man Adam named his wife Eve because she would become the mother of all who live.

Darby English Version
And Man called his wife's name Eve; because she is the mother of all living.

Good News Bible
Adam named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all human beings.

King James Version
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

New American Standard Bible
Now the man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all {the} living.

New International Version
Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.

New King James Version
And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now the man called his wife's name Eve, because she became the mother of all the living.

Revised Standard Version
The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

Young's Literal Translation
And the man calleth his wife's name Eve: for she hath been mother of all living.


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