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Genesis 3:20

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And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

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  1. Genesis 3:18

    Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

  2. Genesis 3:19

    In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

  3. Genesis 3:21

    Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

  4. Genesis 3:22

    And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.