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19 You will sweat and work hard for your food.
Later you will return to the ground,
    because you were taken from it.
You are dust,
    and when you die, you will return to the dust.”

20 The man named his wife Eve,[a] because she was the mother of all the living.

21 The Lord God made clothes from animal skins for the man and his wife and dressed them.

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  1. 3:20 Eve This name sounds like the Hebrew word meaning “alive.”

19 By the sweat of your brow(A)
    you will eat your food(B)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”(C)

20 Adam[a] named his wife Eve,[b](D) because she would become the mother of all the living.

21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.(E)

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  1. Genesis 3:20 Or The man
  2. Genesis 3:20 Eve probably means living.