Women of the Bible – Eve

I was surprised to find out Eve’s name is only used 4 times in the Bible (Gen. 3:20; 4:1. 2 Cor. 11:3, I Tim. 2:13). She is just called “the woman” or Adam’s wife until Gen. 3:20.

1. In whose image were both the first man and woman made? Gen. 1:27 _________________

2. What did God say about the man being alone? Gen. 2:18 ____________________________

3. What would God make for Adam? Gen. 2:18 _____________________________________

3, As Adam named the animals what was missing? Gen 2:19-20 _________________________

4. What did God take out of Adam to make the first woman? Gen. 2:21-22 ________________

5. Why did Adam call her “woman”? Gen. 2:23 ______________________________________

6. Why do you think the serpent spoke to Eve instead of Adam? Gen. 3:1 __________________

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7. How did the woman answer the serpent’s question? Gen 3:2-3 _________________________

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8. How is her answer different from what God instructed in Gen. 2:16-17 __________________

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9. How did the serpent respond to her answer? Gen. 3:4-5 ______________________________

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10. What three areas was the woman tempted in? Gen. 3:6 ______________________________

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11. How did the woman give in the serpent’s tempting? Gen. 3:6 _________________________

12. Who else did she offer the fruit? Gen. 3:6 ________________________________________

13. What was his response? Gen. 3:6 _______________________________________________

14. What was the result of eating the forbidden fruit? Gen. 3:7 ___________________________

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15. How did their disobedience affect their relationship with God? Gen. 3:8-11 ______________

16. Who did Adam blame for his sin? Gen. 3:12 ______________________________________

17. Who did the woman blame? Gen. 3:13 __________________________________________

18. How was the woman involved in God’s curse on the serpent? Gen. 3:14-15 ________________

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19. What was the woman’s punishment? Gen. 3:16 ____________________________________

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20. For what was Adam cursed? Gen. 3:17-19 _________________________________________

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21. What did Adam name his wife? Gen. 3:20 _____________

22. Why did Adam chose that name? Gen. 3:20 _______________________________________

The Hebrew word is Chavah which means life or living is derived from the word for lifegiver.

The verb form means breath.

23. Why were Adam and Eve kicked out of the Garden of Eden? Gen. 3:22-24 _______________

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24. What happens next? Gen. 4:1 __________________________________________________

25. Who did Eve say the child came from? Gen. 4:1 ____________________________________

26. What did they name the child? Gen. 4:1 _______________ Cain means gotten or acquired.

27. What was their second child named? Gen. 4:2 ______________ Abel means breath.

28. After Cain killed Abel, Eve bore another child, what did she name him? Gen. 4:25 __________

Seth means compensation.

29. Why did she name him Seth? Gen. 4:25 ____________________________________________

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30. Eve is mentioned in 2 Cor. 11:3. What was Paul’s warning to the Corinthians? ______________

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31. In I Tim. 2:11-14, Paul mentions Eve when explaining why women should not have authority

over men. Why is that? _____________________________________________________