Eve
Before Israel Antediluvian · Creation & Patriarchs · Old Testament
- Name means
- Living; life
- Role
- The first woman; mother of all living
- When
- The beginning (Creation)
What they did
Made by God from Adam's rib to be his helper. Deceived by the serpent, she ate the forbidden fruit and gave it to Adam.
Why it matters: the purpose of their role
At the fall God promised that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent's head (Genesis 3:15), the first promise of the Redeemer.
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Genesis 3:20 (KJV)
Bible references
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. Genesis 2:22 (KJV)
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Genesis 3:15 (KJV)
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Genesis 3:20 (KJV)
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. Genesis 4:1 (KJV)
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:3 (KJV)
Family
- Spouse(s)
- Adam
- Children
- Cain, Abel, Seth, and other sons and daughters
Formed from Adam's side (Genesis 2:21-22); named Eve 'because she was the mother of all living' (Genesis 3:20).
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