Genesis 2:17

But of the Etz HaDa'as Tov v'Rah, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the yom that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. + 2:17 1C 15:22; Ro 7:10

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

16And Hashem Elohim commanded the adam, saying, Of every etz of the gan thou mayest freely eat;

18And Hashem Elohim said, It is not tov that the adam should be alone; I will make him an ezer (a helper) suitable for him.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:1Now the Nachash was more arum (cunning, crafty, wiley) than any beast of the sadeh which Hashem Elohim had made. And he said unto the isha, Really? Hath Elohim said, Ye shall not eat of kol etz hagan?

Genesis 3:11And He said, Who told thee that thou wast eirom (naked)? Hast thou eaten of HaEtz, which I commanded thee that thou not eat thereof?

Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat lechem, 1 till thou return unto haadamah; 1 for out of it wast thou taken; 1 for aphar thou art, 1 and unto aphar shalt thou return.

Numbers 26:65For Hashem had said of them, They shall surely die in the Midbar. And there was not left an ish from them, except Kalev Ben Yephunneh, and Yehoshua Ben Nun.

Deuteronomy 30:15See, I have set before thee today HaChayyim and HaTov, and Mavet and Rah;

Judges 3:2Only so that the dorot of the Bnei Yisroel might have da'as, to teach them milchamah, such as before knew nothing thereof;

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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