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Genesis 2:17

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—of it you⌃ shall not eat, but in whatever day you⌃ eat of it, you⌃ shall + 2:17 Or, die by death. surely die.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden you + 2:16 Or, eat for food. may freely eat,

18And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, let us make for him a help + 2:18 Gr. according to him. suitable to him.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:1And the two were naked, both Adam and his wife, and were not ashamed. Now the serpent was the most crafty of all the brutes on the earth, which the Lord God made, and the serpent said to the woman, Therefore has God said, Eat not of every tree of the garden?

Genesis 3:11And God said to him, Who told you that you were naked, unless you have eaten of the tree concerning which I charged you of it alone not to eat?

Genesis 3:19In the sweat of your face shall you eat your bread until you return to the earth out of which you were taken, for earth you are and to earth you shall return.

Numbers 26:65For the Lord said to them, They shall surely die in the wilderness; and there was not left even one of them, except Chaleb the son of Jephonne, and Joshua the son of Naue.

Deuteronomy 30:15Behold, I have set before you this day life and death, good and evil.

Judges 3:2Only for the sake of the generations of Israel, to teach them war, only the men before them knew them not.

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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