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Genesis 3:20

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20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

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Arcana Coelestia #281

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281. Of the Most Ancient Church which was celestial, and from the life of faith in the Lord, called “Eve” and the “mother of all living” (verse 20).

  
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