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Genesis 2:16

World English Bible

Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;

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Genesis 2:16 in other translations

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

Genesis 2:16 · American Standard Version

Genesis 2:16 in context

  1. 14The name of the third river is Hiddekel. This is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
  2. 15Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
  3. 16Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
  4. 17but 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.”
  5. 18Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”