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NASB | Genesis 3:20 ¶ Now the man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 3:20 ¶ The man named his wife Eve (life spring, life giver), because she was the mother of all the living. |
Subject: naming and subordination |
Bible Note: Thank you, Azure. No, I never pictured you as a feminist. (0: I guess what I was trying to say, was that your choice of words "ruling power" somehow rubbed me wrong. I guess you are right in the rule sense, but it is not with power that Adam possessed in himself, but he was to rule through the power that he received from God. Does this make more sense? We can relate this to king Solomon, who was offered anything he could possibly desire by God. Yet the one thing he asked for was the wisdom to rule God's people. -I think that was a request containing much wisdom, don't you? (o; joyful blessings, keliy |