Eve

Gender: Female

Years: -4004 - 65

Dictionary Text: Life; living, the name given by Adam to his wife;. The account of her creation is given in,. The Creator, by declaring that it was not good for man to be alone, and by creating for him a suitable companion, gave sanction to monogamy. The commentator Matthew Henry says: “This companion was taken from his side to signify that she was to be dear unto him as his own flesh. Not from his head, lest she should rule over him; nor from his feet, lest he should tyrannize over her; but from his side, to denote that species of equality which is to subsist in the marriage state.” And again, “That wife that is of God’s making by special grace, and of God’s bringing by special providence, is likely to prove a helpmeet to her husband.” Through the subtle temptation of the serpent she violated the commandment of God by taking of the forbidden fruit, which she gave also unto her husband;. When she gave birth to her first son, she said, “I have gotten a man from the Lord”. Thus she welcomed Cain, as some think, as if he had been the Promised One the “Seed of the woman.”

Family Members

• Father: God
• Children:
  • Abel
  • Seth
  • Cain

Verses

• Genesis 4:1: And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
• Genesis 3:20: And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
• 1 Timothy 2:13: For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
• 2 Corinthians 11:3: 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.