Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:20
20. Eve… the mother of all living The account of man’s original sin concludes with four statements too important and suggestive to have been accidental . The new naming of the woman, (comp . Genesis 2:23,) the first clothing, the expulsion from the garden of Eden, and the two sacred symbols placed at the gate, are full of significance . The name Eve, חוה , Hhavvah, from the intensive stem חיה , signifies life-spring, or quickener of life . Given in the very face of the death... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:1-24
The Generations of the Heavens and the Land, Genesis 2:4 to Genesis 4:26. In chapters 1, and Genesis 2:1-3, the sacred writer gives us his account of the creation of the heavens and the land; he now proceeds to give us their generations, תולרות . His historical standpoint is the day from which these generations start; the day when man was formed of the dust of the ground, and of the breath of life from the heavens. So the first man is conceived of as the product of the heavens and the land... read more