Genesis Notes: Eve's Resume

Eva from the Brautpforte (Rathaus Hamburg), Jacob Ungerer

We don't know many details about Eve but she was a key player in the beginning of Genesis as Adam's wife and the person who had to deal face to face with Satan's temptation. As with Adam, I like the way that the Life Application Study Bible's profile on Eve makes the key lessons from her life stand out.

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

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

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

Vital statistics:

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

Key verse:
The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." (Genesis 2:18)

Eve's story is told in Genesis 2:19-4:26. Her death is not mentioned in Scripture.

This series first ran in 2004 and 2005. I'm refreshing it as I go. For links to the whole study, go to the Genesis Index. For more about the resources used, go here.