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Genesis 2:17

American Standard Version

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.

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Genesis 2:17 in other translations

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.”

Genesis 2:17 · World English Bible

Genesis 2:17 in context

  1. 15And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
  2. 16And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
  3. 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.
  4. 18And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
  5. 19And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.