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Who Was Eve in the Bible?
The short version, the key verse, and three quiz questions to check what you remember.
Eve was the first woman and the “mother of all living”.
God made Eve from Adam’s rib to be a helper suited to him. Tempted by the serpent, she ate fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and gave some to Adam. After the fall, God promised that her offspring would crush the serpent’s head, a promise Christians read as pointing to Jesus.
Key verse
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.Genesis 3:20 (KJV)
Where to read about Eve
Genesis 2–4; 2 Corinthians 11:3
Quick quiz
1. Why did Adam call her Eve?
Because she was the mother of all living (Genesis 3:20).
2. Who tempted Eve?
The serpent.
3. Which son was born to Adam and Eve after Abel died?
Seth (Genesis 4:25).