Woman living at the time before the Flood
Eve
The first woman, made by God from Adam’s side to be his companion (Genesis 2:21–25). Adam named her Eve “because she would be the mother of all the living” (Genesis 3:20). The serpent deceived her, she ate the forbidden fruit and gave some to Adam (Genesis 3:1–6). God’s judgment on her included pain in childbirth, yet it came with a promise: her offspring would one day bruise the serpent’s head (Genesis 3:15–16), a verse Christians have long read as the first promise of Christ.
She bore Cain, Abel, and Seth, and said at Seth’s birth that God had given her another child in place of Abel (Genesis 4:1–2, 25). Paul recalls her deception as a warning (2 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 2:13–14). Genesis does not record how long she lived.
Family
- Husband
- Adam
- Children
- Cain, Abel, Seth