Person
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).
Biography
Key Data
- Era
- Primeval
Eve in Scripture
4 verses use this name, in 3 books. Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible. Names repeat in Scripture — some of these verses may speak of another person called Eve.
First namedGenesis 3:20And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.Last named1 Timothy 2:13For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.
Old Testament1 book · 2 mentions
New Testament2 books · 2 mentions
2 Corinthians1 mention
1 Timothy1 mention
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.”
Studies that meet Eve
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