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Eve

The first woman, made as a companion and helper corresponding to Adam, and called by him 'the mother of all living'. Approached by the serpent, she was persuaded that the forbidden fruit would make her wise, ate, and gave some to her husband. The judgement that followed included pain in childbearing and expulsion from the garden — but also the first promise of a deliverer, that her offspring would crush the serpent's head. She bore Cain, Abel and Seth, and knew the grief of losing both her elder sons in a single act.

Role: The first woman

Lived: Primeval age

What we know — and how we know it

Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 1 Scholarly — supported scholarly belief · 1

Family & lineage

BibleWife of Adam.

Genesis 2:22

↳ Adam

Name & titles

ScholarlyEve renders the Hebrew Hawwah, which Genesis 3:20 explicitly links to the root for "living" (hay), explaining the name "because she was the mother of all living." The Septuagint reflects this sense by rendering the name Zoe, "life," at that verse.

Hebrew onomastics (Hawwah/hay) with the narrator's own etymology; LXX Zoe rendering.

Where in scripture

Genesis 2 Corinthians 1 Timothy

Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
Genesis 2:22 — Made from Adam's side

The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.
Genesis 3:20 — Mother of all living

The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.”
Genesis 4:1

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:3

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
1 Timothy 2:13

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

Genesis 2:22 Genesis 3:20 Genesis 4:1 2 Corinthians 11:3 1 Timothy 2:13

Family

In their own words — 4 recorded sayings

“And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden: But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.” — Genesis 3:2-3

“And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.” — Genesis 3:13

“And the man had connection with Eve his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have got a man from the Lord.” — Genesis 4:1

“And Adam had connection with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name of Seth: for she said, God has given me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain put to death.” — Genesis 4:25

Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).