Eve
Creation · Old Testament
Name meaning Life; living
The first woman, made as a companion for Adam and called the mother of all living.
Family
Wife of Adam; mother of Cain, Abel and Seth.
Strengths
Created in God's image; given the first promise of a Redeemer.
Failures and struggles
Listened to the serpent and ate the forbidden fruit.
Lessons for us
Temptation questions what God has said; trust His word.
Relationships
- Adam: Adam is husband of Eve; Eve is wife of Adam.
In the Scriptures
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