The first mother of our race, and the cause of our fall. Her history is so closely connected with that of Adam that the remarks made in the article Genesis 3:20 . She was made, we are told in Genesis 2:18-22 , both for man and of him; subordinate and weaker, and yet to be loved as his own body. The history of woman in all ages has been a striking fulfillment of the distinct penalties pronounced upon her, Genesis 3:16 .