Eve
 We know very little about Eve, the first woman in the world, yet she is the mother of us all. She was the final piece in the intricate and amazing puzzle of God’s creation. Adam now had another human being with whom to fellowship—someone with an equal share in God’s image. Here was someone alike enough for companionship, yet different enough for relationship. Together they were greater than either could have been alone.

Eve was approached by Satan in the Garden of Eden, where she and Adam lived. He questioned her contentment. How could she be happy when she was not allowed to eat from one of the fruit trees? Satan helped Eve shift her focus from all that God had done and given to the one thing he had withheld. And Eve was willing to accept Satan’s viewpoint without checking with God.

Sound familiar? How often is our attention drawn from the much that is ours to the little that isn’t? We get that "I’ve got to have it" feeling. Eve was typical of us all, and we consistently show we are her descendants by repeating her mistakes. Our desires, like Eve’s, can be quite easily manipulated. They are not the best basis for actions. We need to keep God in our decision-making process always. His Word, the Bible, is our guidebook in decision making.

1- Strengths and accomplishments

- First wife and mother
- First female. As such she shared a special relationship with God, had co-responsibility with Adam over creation, and displayed certain characteristics of God

2- Weaknesses and mistakes

- Allowed her contentment to be undermined by Satan
- Acted impulsively without talking either to God or to her mate
- Not only sinned, but shared her sin with Adam
- When confronted, blamed others

3- Lessons from her life

- The female shares in the image of God
- The necessary ingredients for a strong marriage are commitment to each other, companionship with each other, complete oneness, absence of shame (2:24, 25)
- The basic human tendency to sin goes back to the beginning of the human race

4- Vital statistics

- Where: Garden of Eden
- Occupation: Wife, helper, companion, co-manager of Eden
- Relatives: Husband: Adam. Sons: Cain, Abel, Seth. Numerous other children

5- Key verse

"And the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion who will help him’" (Genesis 2:18).

Eve’s story is told in Genesis 2:18—4:26. Her death is not mentioned in Scripture.

 

Eve

1. A name given by Adam to his wife after they had fallen, and after God had spoken of ‘her seed,’ and had told her that in sorrow she should bring forth children. The Hebrew name is chavvah, which signifies ‘life,’ Adam adding that she was ‘the mother of all living.’ #Ge 3:20 4:1. Eve being formed from a rib taken out of Adam, which God ‘built’ into a woman, and hence called by him Isha, is a beautiful type of the church being of Christ and presented to Him: cf. #Eph 5:31,32.

Eve is twice mentioned in the N.T. A woman is to be silent in the church: she is not to exercise authority over the man, for Adam was formed before Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but she was. This deception is further explained by shewing that it was the serpent who beguiled Eve by his subtilty, and it is the same enemy who seeks now to ensnare the saints. #2Co 11:3 1Ti 2:13.

2. Life; living, the name given by Adam to his wife #Ge 3:20 4:1 The account of her creation is given in #Ge 2:21,22 The Creator, by declaring that it was not good for man to be alone, and by creating for him a suitable companion, gave sanction to monogamy. The commentator Matthew Henry says: "This companion was taken from his side to signify that she was to be dear unto him as his own flesh. Not from his head, lest she should rule over him; nor from his feet, lest he should tyrannize over her; but from his side, to denote that species of equality which is to subsist in the marriage state." And again, "That wife that is of God’s making by special grace, and of God’s bringing by special providence, is likely to prove a helpmeet to her husband." Through the subtle temptation of the serpent she violated the commandment of God by taking of the forbidden fruit, which she gave also unto her husband #1Ti 2:13-15 2Co 11:3 When she gave birth to her first son, she said, "I have gotten a man from the Lord" (R.V., "I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord,") #Ge 4:1 Thus she welcomed Cain, as some think, as if he had been the Promised One the "Seed of the woman."