Genesis 2:15-17
Lexham English Bible
15 And Yahweh God took the man[a] and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it. 16 And Yahweh God commanded the man,[b] saying, “From every tree of the garden you may freely eat,[c] 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat[d] from it you shall surely die.”[e]
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- Genesis 2:15 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 2:16 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 2:16 Literally “eating you may eat”
- Genesis 2:17 Literally “of your eating”
- Genesis 2:17 Literally “dying you shall die”
Genesis 2:15-17
New International Version
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden(A) to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;(B) 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,(C) for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”(D)
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