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Eve

“The mother of all living” — deceived at the Fall, yet the woman whose seed is promised the victory over the serpent (3:15, 20).

The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man, Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder
The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man, Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder
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Eve in Scripture

Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible. Names repeat in Scripture, so some of these verses may speak of another person called Eve.

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Named alongside

Other people MannaFest has a page for whose name the text uses in Genesis 3, Genesis 4, 2 Corinthians 11 and 1 Timothy 2. Each card shows the verse it came from. Scripture reuses names freely, so a page behind a name here may belong to another person who shares it.

CainAdam's firstborn; the first murderer, who killed his brother Abel out of jealousy and became the archetype of the way o…Genesis 4:1And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.
AdamThe first man — formed of dust and God's breath, image-bearer, and federal head of the race in whom all sinned.Genesis 3:17And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
AbelThe second son; the first martyr, whose acceptable blood-offering is faith's first witness, and whose blood “speaketh b…Genesis 4:2Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
EnochThe seventh from Adam who “walked with God, and he was not; for God took him” — translated without death, a pattern of…Genesis 4:17And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
SethThe appointed son given “instead of Abel”; the head of the godly line of promise through which Noah and ultimately Chri…Genesis 4:25And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
AbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all natio…2 Corinthians 11:22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Studies that meet Eve

These studies quote a verse that names Eve.

The Fall & the Protoevangelium — Genesis 3Genesis 3:20
Studies working in the same chapters7

These do not quote a verse naming Eve; they open other passages in the same chapters.

The CovenantsGenesis 3Second AdamGenesis 3The Seed PromiseGenesis 3The Scarlet ThreadGenesis 3Trees — Eden, Cross, New JerusalemGenesis 3Creation to New CreationGenesis 3Power Made Perfect in Weakness — 2 Corinthians 12:7–102 Corinthians 11

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