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Genesis

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

Locations

Adam

ADAM, CITY OF('adham, "red" or BDB "made"): A city in the middle of the Jordan valley near ZARETHAN (Joshua 3:16), which see. The name probably survives at the Damieh Ford, near the mouth of the Jabbok twenty miles above Jericho. An Arabian historian asserts that about 1265 A.D. the Jordan was here blocked by a land slide. The inner gorge of the Jordan is he... View Details

People

Adam

Adam, the first man. Also a city in the Jordan valley.

Eve

Eve [N] [B] [H] [S] life; living, the name given by Adam to his wife ( Genesis 3:20 ;  4:1 ). The account of her creation is given in  Genesis 2:21  Genesis 2:22 . The Creator, by declaring that it was not good for man to be alone, and by creating for him a suitable companion, gave sanction to monogamy. The commentator Matthew Henry says: "This companion was taken from his side t... View Details

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American Standard Version And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
King James Bible And the man Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Hebrew Greek English And Now the man called his wife's name Eve; Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.
New American Standard Bible 1995 And Now the man called his wife's name Eve; Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.