Genesis 2:15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
15 ¶ Then the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might [a]dress it, and keep it.
16 And the Lord God [b]commanded the man, saying, [c]Thou shalt eat freely of every tree of the garden,
17 But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for [d]in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die the [e]death.
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- Genesis 2:15 God would not have man idle, though as yet there was no need to labor.
- Genesis 2:16 So that man might know there was a sovereign Lord, to whom he owed obedience.
- Genesis 2:16 Hebrew, eating thou shalt eat of.
- Genesis 2:17 Or, whensoever.
- Genesis 2:17 By this death he meaneth the separation of man from God, who is our life and chief felicity: and also that our disobedience is the cause thereof.
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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