Genesis 2
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Genesis 2:15-17

15And Yhwh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.1

16And Yhwh God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:2

17But 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.3

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 2:15 the man: or, Adam. ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 2:16 thou…: Heb. eating thou shalt eat. ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 2:17 thou shalt surely…: Heb. dying thou shalt die. ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 2

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