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Eve

Genesis2 Corinthians1 Timothy
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Name meaning

"life-giver, living one" (Chawwah) · Hebrew

Named "because she was the mother of all living" (Genesis 3:20).

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The first woman, created by God from Adam's rib. She conversed with the serpent and ate the forbidden fruit, sharing it with Adam. Named 'mother of all the living' by Adam. Mother of Cain, Abel, Seth, and other children.

Relationships
SpouseAdamHusband, first man
SonCainFirstborn son
SonAbelSecond son
SonSethThird son
Key Scripture AppearancesKJV
Genesis 2:22
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.Genesis 2:22, KJV
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?Genesis 3:1, KJV
Genesis 3:20
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.Genesis 3:20, KJV
Genesis 4:1
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.Genesis 4:1, KJV
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.2 Corinthians 11:3, KJV
1 Timothy 2:13
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.1 Timothy 2:13, KJV

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