ChristianAnswers.Net WebBible Encyclopedia EveMeaning: life; living one / Hebrew: Ḥawwāh (חַוָּה) the name given by Adam to his wife (Genesis 3:20; 4:1) The account of her creation is given in Genesis 2:21-22. 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:
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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 (1 Timothy 2:13-15; 2 Corinthians 11:3). When she gave birth to her first son, she said, “I have gotten a man from the Lord” (Revised King James Version, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord,” Genesis 4:1). Thus she welcomed Cain, as some think, as if he had been the Promised One the “Seed of the woman,” which he was not. ALSO SEE
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