The Art of Life Bible - Flipbook - Page 17
Eve
khawwah ~ living, enlivening
Read Genesis 3:1-21.
Eve was the first woman and the
second human on earth. Like
Adam, she was created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27) and was
a helper and companion for Adam
(see page 1258). The Hebrew term
for helper does not in itself convey
subordination, since this term is
also frequently used to describe
God. Rather Eve was created to
perfectly complement Adam—he
was incomplete without her.
Until Eve was created from Adam,
there was still something “not
good” (2:18) in God’s magnificent
creation (1:31). Eve was Satan’s
first target, and he deceptively
suggested rebelling against God
and the created order established
by God’s word. Eve succumbed to
the serpent’s temptation and took
upon herself the role of determining good and evil, and Adam
joined her in this, effectively
including all humanity.
Despite being exiled from the
garden and suffering the curse of
mortality, Eve maintained her role
as life-giver through childbirth:
“She would be the mother of all
who live” (3:20). However, this
life-giving role is not limited to
the physical realm, as the curse
upon the serpent included a
promise—the first glimpse of
the gospel in the Bible—that the
offspring of Eve would strike the
head of the serpent, representing
evil and sin. Outside the garden,
Eve gave birth to Cain, Abel, Seth,
and “other sons and daughters”
(5:4).
Eve’s story is told in Genesis 2–4;
she is also mentioned in 2 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 2:13-14.
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