Genesis 2:16
וַיְצַו יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים עַל ־ הָֽאָדָם לֵאמֹר מִכֹּל עֵֽץ ־ הַגָּן אָכֹל תֹּאכֵֽל ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
15וַיִּקַּח יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת ־ הָֽאָדָם וַיַּנִּחֵהוּ בְגַן ־ עֵדֶן לְעָבְדָהּ וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ ׃
17וּמֵעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת תָּמֽוּת ׃
Cross References
Genesis 2:9וַיַּצְמַח יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִן ־ הָאֲדָמָה כָּל ־ עֵץ נֶחְמָד לְמַרְאֶה וְטוֹב לְמַאֲכָל וְעֵץ הַֽחַיִּים בְּתוֹךְ הַגָּן וְעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָֽע ׃
1 Samuel 15:22וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל הַחֵפֶץ לַֽיהוָה בְּעֹלוֹת וּזְבָחִים כִּשְׁמֹעַ בְּקוֹל יְהוָה הִנֵּה שְׁמֹעַ מִזֶּבַח טוֹב לְהַקְשִׁיב מֵחֵלֶב אֵילִֽים ׃
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 →