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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  1. Genesis 2:17 Or when you eat

17 except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.”

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17 except the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From that tree you shall not eat; when you eat from it you shall die.[a](A)

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  1. 2:17 You shall die: since they do not die as soon as they eat from the forbidden tree, the meaning seems to be that human beings have become mortal, destined to die by virtue of being human.