Eve

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The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. - Genesis 3:20

Eve formed from a rib

God found no helper fit for Adam from among the beasts and birds, so He caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man. He took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh and made that rib into a woman.

When God brought the woman to Adam, he said,

  • “This at last is bone of my bones
  • and flesh of my flesh;
  • she shall be called Woman,
  • because she was taken out of Man.”

He took the woman as his wife. They were naked and not ashamed.

(Genesis 2)

The Fall

The serpent tested the woman, asking, "Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?" She replied with God's command, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” He replied, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

She noticed the tree was good for food, a delight for the eyes, and could make her wise, so she shared its fruit with her husband. Their eyes were opened, and they knew they were naked and tried to cover themselves with fig leaf loincloths.

When God was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, the man and woman hid among the trees. He called, "Where are you," and the man answered that he was afraid because he was naked. God asked who told him that, and he claimed the woman had given him the forbidden fruit. She blamed the serpent's deception, so ultimately, God cursed her to have a desire contrary to her husband who rules over her and to have greater pain in childbearing. However, He also cursed the serpent's offspring to ultimately be defeated by her offspring.

The man called his wife Eve because she was the mother of all living, and God clothed them both in garments of skins. He sent the couple out of Eden and guarded the way back with the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way so that they could not eat of the tree of life and live forever.

(Genesis 3)

Adam and Eve's Offspring

Adam and Eve had Cain, and Eve acknowledged, "I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD." Again, she bore Abel. Abel offered of his firstborn of his sheep flock to the LORD, but Cain succumbed to sin when he was angry the LORD rejected his offering of the fruit of the ground and murdered his brother in the field. In Lamech, Cain's offspring furthered in their sin and rejection of the LORD's protection. In Abel's place, God appointed another son for Eve, Seth.

(Genesis 4)