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Genesis 2:17

ObedienceTemptationDeath and loss

15 Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

16 And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

18 The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
KJV
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.
WEB
but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest of it thou shalt certainly die.
BLB
And from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, from it you shall not eat. For in the day of your eating from it, you shall surely die!”
ÅB
men treet til kunnskap om godt og ondt, det må du ikke spise av; for på den dag du spiser av det, skal du dø.
OTB
men du må ikke spise av treet til kunnskap om godt og ondt, for når du spiser av det, skal du visselig dø."
B1930
men treet til kunnskap om godt og ondt, det må du ikke ete av; for på den dag du eter av det, skal du visselig dø.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 6:23

    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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  • James 1:15

    Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

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  • Genesis 3:19

    By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:56

    The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

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  • Galatians 3:10

    All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:22

    For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

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  • Revelation 21:8

    But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

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  • Colossians 2:13

    When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,

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