Genesis 3:20
וַיִּקְרָא הָֽאָדָם שֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ חַוָּה כִּי הִוא הָֽיְתָה אֵם כָּל־חָֽי׃
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Hebrew
וַיִּקְרָ֧א הָֽאָדָ֛ם שֵׁ֥ם אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ חַוָּ֑ה כִּ֛י הִ֥וא הָֽיְתָ֖ה אֵ֥ם כָּל־חָֽי׃
Greek (Septuagint)
Καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἀδὰμ τὸ ὄνομα τῆς γυναικὸς Ζωή, ὅτι αῦτη μήτηρ πάντων τῶν ζώντων.
Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0
Latin (Vulgate)
Et vocavit Adam nomen uxoris suæ, Heva: eo quod mater esset cunctorum viventium.
Spanish
Y llamó el hombre el nombre de su mujer, Eva; por cuanto ella era madre de todos los vivientes.
English
And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living. The Expulsion from Paradise
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