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Genesis 2:16-17
New International Version
Genesis 2:16-17
New International Version
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;(A) 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,(B) for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”(C)
Genesis 2:16-17
New American Standard Bible
Genesis 2:16-17
New American Standard Bible
16 The Lord God (A)commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not [a]eat, for on the day that you eat from it (B)you will certainly die.”
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- Genesis 2:17 Lit eat from it
Genesis 2:16-17
Amplified Bible
Genesis 2:16-17
Amplified Bible
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely (unconditionally) eat [the fruit] from every tree of the garden; 17 but [only] from the tree of the knowledge (recognition) of good and evil you shall not eat, otherwise on the day that you eat from it, you shall most certainly [a]die [because of your disobedience].”
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- Genesis 2:17 Both spiritually and physically, physical death in the sense of becoming mortal; they were created immortal.
Genesis 2:16-17
King James Version
Genesis 2:16-17
King James Version
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 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 2:16-17
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 2:16-17
Contemporary English Version
16 But the Lord told him, “You may eat fruit from any tree in the garden, 17 except the one that has the power to let you know the difference between right and wrong. If you eat any fruit from that tree, you will die before the day is over!”
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