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Genesis 2:16

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

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Genesis 2:16 in other translations

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

Genesis 2:16 · World English Bible

Genesis 2:16 in context

  1. 14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
  2. 15And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
  3. 16And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
  4. 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.
  5. 18And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.