Eve — Bible person

Life; living, the name given by Adam to his wife (Gen. 3:20; 4:1). The account of her creation is given in Gen. 2:21, 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 to signify that she was to be dear unto him as his own flesh. Not from his head, lest she should rule over him; nor from his feet, lest he should tyrannize over her; but from his side, to denote that species of equality which is to subsist in the marriage state.” And again, “That wife that is of God’s making by special grace, and of God’s bringing by special providence, is likely to prove a helpmeet to her husband.” Through the subtle temptation of the serpent she violated the commandment of God by taking of the forbidden fruit, which she gave also unto her husband (1 Tim. 2:13-15; 2 Cor. 11:3). When she gave birth to her first son, she said, “I have gotten a man from the Lord” (R.V., “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord,” Gen. 4:1). Thus she welcomed Cain, as some think, as if he had been the Promised One the “Seed of the woman.”

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Show passage in OET: GEN 3:20

OET-RV GEN 3:20

20 Then the man named his wife ‘Havah’ (Eve) (which means ‘living’) because she would become the mother of all future people.

OET-LV GEN 3:20

20 And_ the_humankind _he/it _called the _name _of his/its_wife/woman Ḩavvāh/(Eve) if/because she she _was the _mother _of every _of living_person.

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Show passage in OET: GEN 3:20

OET-RV GEN 3:20

20 Then the man named his wife ‘Havah’ (Eve) (which means ‘living’) because she would become the mother of all future people.

OET-LV GEN 3:20

20 And_ the_humankind _he/it _called the _name _of his/its_wife/woman Ḩavvāh/(Eve) if/because she she _was the _mother _of every _of living_person.

Show passage in OET: GEN 4:1

OET-RV GEN 4:1

4 Then Adam slept with his wife Havah (Eve), and she conceived and in due course gave birth to Kayin (Cain). “Yahweh has enabled me to produce a man,” she said.

OET-LV GEN 4:1

4 And_the_man he _knew DOM Ḩavvāh/(Eve) his/its_wife/woman and_she/it _conceived/became _pregnant and_she/it _gave _birth DOM Qayin/(Cain) and_she/it _said I _have _acquired a _man with YHWH.

Show passage in OET: CO2 11:3

OET-RV CO2 11:3

3 But I’m afraid that just as the crafty serpent somehow deceived Havah (Eve), your thinking might get corrupted from its sincerity and purity in the messiah.

OET-LV CO2 11:3

3 But I _am _fearing, lest somehow as the serpent deceived Heua/(Ḩavvāh) in the craftiness of _him, it _may _be _corrupted the thinking of _you _all from the sincerity and the purity which in the chosen _one /messiah.

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