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Genesis 2:16 KJV
Genesis · chapter 2 · verse 16
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:Genesis 2:16 · King James Version
Genesis 2:16 in context
14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17But 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.
18And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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Key words (Strong's)
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- gardengana gardenH1588 →
- freelyʼâkalto eatH398 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- treeʻêtsa treeH6086 →
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Observe here, I. God's authority over man, as a creature that had reason and freedom of will. The Lord God commanded the man, who stood now as a public person, the father and representative of all mankind, to receive law, as he had lately received a nature, for himself and all his.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-17