HH:NRSV: Gen. 3:20 The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of
all living.
JCR: Yes. Gen 3:20 is interesting and complicated because on reflection it
doesn't seem as though Eve actually has any children yet at this moment in
the prose so neither was nor had become seem to fit the context but rather
'would become' would seem to better fit the context.
Even more worthy of not would be Gen 2:22 כב ויאמר יהוה אלהים הן האדם היה
כאחד ממנו לדעת טוב ורע ועתה פן ישלח ידו ולקח גם מעץ החיים ואכל וחי לעלם
The context seems to clearly demand 'had become' in this case.
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