Genesis 2:16
The Lord God said to the man, “You can eat fruit from any of the trees in this garden.
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
In Context
15The Lord God put the man into the garden to dig the ground and to take care of everything.
Cross References
Genesis 2:9The Lord God made lots of different trees to grow in that garden. They looked really nice and they had fruit that was good to eat. And God put 2 special trees right in the middle of the garden. If anybody ate fruit from the first tree, they lived forever. And if anybody ate fruit from the second tree, they would know what is good and what is bad.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 2:9-16
The Garden of Eden. ( b. c. 4004.) 8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the… Read the whole commentary →