Genesis 3:20

"Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living."
 Genesis 3:20

The Qbible gives the meaning of Eve as "life-giver."  That's an appropriate name for the first mother.  Eve was named, Adam (which means man) just started being called by what he was, Man.  So Adam wasn't just to name the animals (2:19), he also named his wife.  Did he name himself also?

Genesis 3:19

" 'By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.' "  Genesis 3:19

And now we have that all so familiar funeral line, "...dust to dust..."  This verse is continuing what God told man in the previous verses, that the ground will be cursed and he'll have to work hard for his food.  This brings to mind the expression, "blood, sweat, and tears." Blood isn't mentioned, but God is telling man there will be sweat (and possibly tears too).

If sin hadn't of entered the world, would there still be the cycle of death and decay?  Or would we all just be multiplying in Eden?

Genesis 3:18

" 'It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.' "  Genesis 3:18

So the curse on the land is that thorns will grow in the field.  The Qbible says the translation of the word "thistles" is uncertain maybe another variation of thorns.  Even today there are always thorns in our work fields.