Genesis 2:16-17
New King James Version
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (A)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it (B)you[a] shall surely (C)die.”
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- Genesis 2:17 Lit. dying you shall die
Genesis 3:4-7
New King James Version
4 (A)Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 So when the woman (B)saw that the tree was good for food, that it was [a]pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit (C)and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, (D)and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves [b]coverings.
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- Genesis 3:6 Lit. a desirable thing
- Genesis 3:7 girding coverings
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