Genesis 2:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 The Lord God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it.(A) 16 The Lord God gave the man this order: You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden(B) 17 except the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From that tree you shall not eat; when you eat from it you shall die.[a](C)
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- 2:17 You shall die: since they do not die as soon as they eat from the forbidden tree, the meaning seems to be that human beings have become mortal, destined to die by virtue of being human.
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