Genesis 2:17
English Standard Version
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 2:17
New Living Translation
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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Genesis 2:17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
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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- 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.
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