A thought, for opinion and study.

[percho]

Gen 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Does that statement appear to be out of place? Has she given life to anything when this is stated?

Was she the mother of all living or was she the mother of all who would die?

Gen 3:15 YLT and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.'

Does, her seed, have anything to do with, all living? ---- And a couple more verses to put a twist on all.

Gal 4:4 YLT and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,
Gal 4:26 YLT and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,

 

[Deacon]

Gen 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Does that statement appear to be out of place? Has she given life to anything when this is stated?

Others have noted that the statement appears out of place.
The difficulty is alleviated by understanding that the book of Genesis is not a moment-by-moment telling of history...
...but a story told with a divine purpose, narrated well after the events occurred.

The narrator expounds upon the name, Eve (Hebrew= חַוָּה, ḣawwāh, Greek=Zoe —“life")
and introduced an interesting play of words that is not communicated in most/all translations.

Rob

 

[SavedByGrace]

narrated well after the events occurred

meaning what?

 

[1689Dave]

Gen 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Does that statement appear to be out of place? Has she given life to anything when this is stated?

Was she the mother of all living or was she the mother of all who would die?

Gen 3:15 YLT and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.'

Does, her seed, have anything to do with, all living? ---- And a couple more verses to put a twist on all.

Gal 4:4 YLT and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,
Gal 4:26 YLT and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,

There might have been much living who fell with Adam their representative when he sinned as the Federal Head of the human race. If you study Paul in Romans 5 this could easily be the case.

 

[Deacon]

… the book of Genesis is not a moment-by-moment telling of history...
...but a story told with a divine purpose, narrated well after the events occurred.

meaning what?

Genesis was written a long time after the events that it recorded.
Exact wording or exact quotes were not needed to preserve and transmit inspired truth.

The narrator of Genesis was given the authority to craft the message in a way that his audience could understand… this written word is what was inspired.

Rob

 

[SavedByGrace]

Genesis was written a long time after the events that it recorded.
Exact wording or exact quotes were not needed to preserve and transmit inspired truth.

The narrator of Genesis was given the authority to craft the message in a way that his audience could understand… this written word is what was inspired.

Rob

Are you suggesting that Moses is not the Author of Genesis?

 

[Deacon]

Are you suggesting that Moses is not the Author of Genesis?

There was no intention to suggest such.

Moses narrated Scripture.
Moses lived well after the events he recorded.
Moses communicated the message God intended him to communicate.
Genesis is fully inspired.

Rob

 

[Dave G]

Gen 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Does that statement appear to be out of place? Has she given life to anything when this is stated?

Adam called his wife's name "Eve", because ( due to the fact that ) she was the mother of all living.
Were it not for the Lord creating Eve, there would have been no children.

Was she the mother of all living or was she the mother of all who would die?

Both.
She literally was the physical mother of all who were to come after her.

Gen 3:15 YLT and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.'

Does, her seed, have anything to do with, all living? ---- And a couple more verses to put a twist on all.

Sure it does.
The children of the devil, spiritually, versus God's children, spiritually.

I also see that the "woman" there is not Eve, but the very same "woman" in Revelation 12:1-6.

Gal 4:4 YLT and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,

Here I see that the "woman" made mention of was not only Mary, but that Mary was saved and part of the Jerusalem which is from above...the "free woman".

Gal 4:26 YLT and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,

There it is...
Physical mother compared to spiritual mother.

Eve and the Jerusalem from above.

 

[percho]

Adam called his wife's name "Eve", because ( due to the fact that ) she was the mother of all living.
Were it not for the Lord creating Eve, there would have been no children.

Could the following also be said?

Were it not for the Lord creating Eve, there would have been no, Christ? Yes or No?

And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit, Matt 1:18

for Adam was first formed, then Eve, and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, into transgression came, and she shall be saved <From, out of, what? Along with all brought forth after her.) through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety. ------ That ? brought to mind the following verse. Heb 5:7 YLT who in the days of his flesh both prayers and supplications unto Him who was able to save him from death -- with strong crying and tears -- having offered up, and having been heard in respect to that which he feared,
Darby Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety.

 

[Dave G]

Were it not for the Lord creating Eve, there would have been no, Christ? Yes or No?

Well of course not.

But, we also know that with God,
when He decides to do something, His will is accomplished.

 

[AustinC]

Gen 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Does that statement appear to be out of place? Has she given life to anything when this is stated?

Was she the mother of all living or was she the mother of all who would die?

Gen 3:15 YLT and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.'

Does, her seed, have anything to do with, all living? ---- And a couple more verses to put a twist on all.

Gal 4:4 YLT and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,
Gal 4:26 YLT and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,

The mother of all the living may refer to Eve and Adam's role as caretakers of the garden who were tasked with cultivating the garden and growing it out through the entire world. In that role of authority over all living things she might well be considered the mother of all living things.

 

[percho]

Well of course not.

But, we also know that with God,
when He decides to do something, His will is accomplished.

So you are saying, woman was not necessary for the Christ?

Exactly what do the following verses say? Gal 4:4 and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, (and) Matt 1:18 And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit, (and) John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

For that to come about was it not necessary for God to take the woman from the man? With as man as the head of the woman?

Was that the plan before the foundation of the world?

 

[Dave G]

So you are saying, woman was not necessary for the Christ?

No.
He had to have a mother, and her name was Mary.

Exactly what do the following verses say? Gal 4:4 and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, (and) Matt 1:18 And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,

Mary.

For that to come about was it not necessary for God to take the woman from the man? With as man as the head of the woman?

Was that the plan before the foundation of the world?

" forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you," ( 1 Peter 1:18-20 ).

Yes.

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

I may be missing the point of the OP, but it rather makes sense that she would be called the mother of all living. That would be a rather obvious prophecy.

However, to name her the mother of all who would die would be a prophecy that would suggest foreseeing the sin they would both commit.

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

And then there is the passage where Jesus points out the grave (pun intended) error of the Sadducees (see Mark 12:24-27).

Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God? When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.

Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”​