Additional effects on Adam and Eve 3:20-21

Adam and Eve accepted their judgment from God and did not rebel against it. We see this in Adam's naming Eve the mother of all living (v. 20). He believed life would continue in spite of God's curse. This was an act of faith. He believed God's promise that she would bear children (v. 16). His wife's first name, "woman"(2:23), looked back on her origin whereas her second name, "Eve,"anticipated her destiny.²¹⁹

1. Note that before God sent them out into a new environment He provided them with clothing that was adequate for their needs (cf. Rom. 3:21-26). Their own provision (v. 7) was not adequate.

". . . he [Adam] had to learn that sin could be covered not by a bunch of leaves snatched from a bush as he passed by and that would grow again next year, but only by pain and blood."²²⁰

2. Furthermore, God prevented Adam and Eve from living perpetually in their fallen state (vv. 22-24).