Genesis 2:17

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 2:17

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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.”

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KJV

King James 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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WEB

World English Bible

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.”

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ASV

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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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 2

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,

¹⁷ 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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