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20 And HaAdam called the shem of his isha Chavah (Eve); because she was the Em kol chai.

21 Unto Adam also and to his isha did Hashem Elohim make kesonos ohr, and clothed them.

22 And Hashem Elohim said, See, HaAdam is become like one of Us, knowing tov v’rah; and now, lest he put forth his yad, and take also of HaEtz HaChayyim, and eat, and chai l’olam (live forever);

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20 Adam[a] named his wife Eve,[b](A) 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.(B) 22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us,(C) knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life(D) and eat, and live forever.”

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Footnotes

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