Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
WEB
And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
YLT
And the man calleth his wife's name Eve: for she hath been mother of all living.
DBT
And Man called his wife's name Eve; because she is the mother of all living.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)