Genesis

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Eve (“the woman”) Character Analysis

The first woman, Eve’s name comes from the Hebrew word for “living” because she is the mother of all who come after her. God creates her out of one of Adam’s ribs because none of God’s other creatures prove to be a suitable companion for him. Adam praises Eve as “flesh of my flesh,” his perfect counterpart. Later, the serpent tempts Eve to eat fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which has been forbidden them by God. Eve believes the serpent when he suggests that God doesn’t want her and Adam to gain godlike knowledge. After she eats the fruit, she also gets Adam to eat, and God accordingly curses them both. In particular, Eve and her female descendants are cursed with greater pain in childbirth and with men’s rule over them.

Eve (“the woman”) Quotes in Genesis

The Genesis quotes below are all either spoken by Eve (“the woman”) or refer to Eve (“the woman”). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
God, Humanity, and Creation Theme Icon
).
Chapter 1 Quotes

Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”

So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.

God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it[.]

Related Characters: God/the LORD God (speaker), Eve (“the woman”), Adam (“the man”)
Page Number: 1:26–28
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 2 Quotes

The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner. So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,

“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one shall be called Woman,
for out of Man this one was taken.

Related Characters: Adam (“the man”) (speaker), God/the LORD God, Eve (“the woman”)
Page Number: 2:20–23
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 3 Quotes

But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

Related Characters: The Serpent (speaker), God/the LORD God, Eve (“the woman”), Adam (“the man”)
Related Symbols: Fruit
Page Number: 3:4–7
Explanation and Analysis:

The LORD God said to the serpent,

“Because you have done this,
cursed are you among all animals
and among all wild creatures;

upon your belly you shall go,
and dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.

I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;

he will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.”

Related Characters: God/the LORD God (speaker), Eve (“the woman”), The Serpent
Related Symbols: Dust
Page Number: 3:14–15
Explanation and Analysis:
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Eve (“the woman”) Quotes in Genesis

The Genesis quotes below are all either spoken by Eve (“the woman”) or refer to Eve (“the woman”). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
God, Humanity, and Creation Theme Icon
).
Chapter 1 Quotes

Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”

So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.

God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it[.]

Related Characters: God/the LORD God (speaker), Eve (“the woman”), Adam (“the man”)
Page Number: 1:26–28
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 2 Quotes

The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner. So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,

“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one shall be called Woman,
for out of Man this one was taken.

Related Characters: Adam (“the man”) (speaker), God/the LORD God, Eve (“the woman”)
Page Number: 2:20–23
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 3 Quotes

But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

Related Characters: The Serpent (speaker), God/the LORD God, Eve (“the woman”), Adam (“the man”)
Related Symbols: Fruit
Page Number: 3:4–7
Explanation and Analysis:

The LORD God said to the serpent,

“Because you have done this,
cursed are you among all animals
and among all wild creatures;

upon your belly you shall go,
and dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.

I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;

he will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.”

Related Characters: God/the LORD God (speaker), Eve (“the woman”), The Serpent
Related Symbols: Dust
Page Number: 3:14–15
Explanation and Analysis: