Genesis 2:17

But you must not eat fruit from the tree that lets people know what is good and what is bad. If you eat fruit from that tree you will die.”

Barkly (portions)

In The King James Version

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

In Context

16The Lord God said to the man, “You can eat fruit from any of the trees in this garden.

18Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to live by himself. I am going to make a partner to help him with his work.”

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Cross References

Genesis 3:1God made lots of animals, but the snake was the most sneaky of all the wild animals. One day the snake went up to the woman and said, “Did God really say that you must not eat fruit from any of the trees in this garden? Is that true?”

Genesis 3:11God asked the man, “Why are you shamed to have no clothes on? Did you eat some of the fruit that I told you not to eat?”

Genesis 3:19For the rest of your life you will have to work very hard to get your food, and you will get hot and sweaty. And when you die, someone will bury your body in the ground. I made you from the ground and so your body will turn back into the ground that I made you from.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 2:17-18

The Tree of Knowledge Prohibited. ( b. c. 4004.) 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Observe here, I. God's authority over man, as a creature that had reason and freedom of will. The Lord God commanded the man, who stood now as a public person, the father and representative of all mankind, to receive law, as he… Read the whole commentary →

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