Genesis 2:17
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16The Lord God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
Genesis 3:11God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Numbers 26:65For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. There was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Deuteronomy 30:15Behold, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil;
Judges 3:2only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it:
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 →