Genesis 2:9
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9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. (A)The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, (B)and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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Genesis 2:16-17
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16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (A)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat[a] of it you (B)shall surely die.”
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- Genesis 2:17 Or when you eat
Genesis 3:6-7
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6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,[a] she took of its fruit (A)and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, (B)and he ate. 7 (C)Then the eyes of both were opened, (D)and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
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- Genesis 3:6 Or to give insight
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