# Eve — The Age of Reason character guide

> Eve in The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0008-part-i-vii-examination-of-the-old-testament

## Who they are

First woman in the biblical creation story.

## Relationships

### [Jesus Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_age_of_reason_se/characters/jesus_christ)

_family_

Eve is the first woman and ancestress of humanity, with Jesus being her distant descendant through the lineage of Israel.

### [Matthew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_age_of_reason_se/characters/matthew)

_family_

Eve is the matriarch of humanity, and Matthew traces Jesus's genealogy back to her through the Old Testament.

### [Jesus Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_age_of_reason_se/characters/jesus_christ)

_family_

Eve is the first woman and ancestress of humanity, with Jesus being her distant descendant through the lineage of Israel.

## In the story

### [Of the Bases of Christianity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_age_of_reason_se/chapters/part-i-iv-of-the-bases-of-christianity)

Introduced in the garden of Eden, converses with the serpent and eats the apple, leading to the damnation of all mankind.

### [XIII: Comparison of Christianism with the Religious Ideas Inspired by Nature](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_age_of_reason_se/chapters/part-i-xiii-comparison-of-christianism-with-the-religious-ideas-inspired-by-nature)

Mentioned in the Mosaic account of creation and the story of the apple.

### [XVI: Application of the Preceding to the System of the Christians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_age_of_reason_se/chapters/part-i-xvi-application-of-the-preceding-to-the-system-of-the-christians)

Mentioned in the context of the Eden story that Paine ridicules.

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