Genesis 2:9
From the soil the Lord God made grow all kinds of trees that are pleasant to look at and good for food, with the tree of life also in the middle of the garden and the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil.
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
In Context
8The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, far in the East; and placed the human he had formed there.
10A river flowed out of Eden and watered the garden, and from there branched into four.
Cross References
Genesis 3:3it is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God has said, “You must not eat from it, nor should you touch it, for if you do, you will die.”’
Genesis 3:22Then the Lord God said: ‘The man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not reach out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.’
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 →