Genesis 2:16

In 11 translations

BSB

And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

KJV

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:thou…: Heb. eating thou shalt eat

WEB

Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;

ASV

And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

LSV

And YHWH God lays a charge on the man, saying, “From every tree of the garden eating you eat;

YLT

And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, 'Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;

DBY

And Jehovah Elohim commanded Man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou shalt freely eat;

DRC

And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:

GNV

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Thou shalt eate freely of euery tree of the garden,

JPS

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: 'Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat;

LXXE

And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden thou mayest freely eat,Or, eat for food.

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WLC

וַיְצַו֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים עַל־הָֽאָדָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר מִכֹּ֥ל עֵֽץ־הַגָּ֖ן אָכֹ֥ל תֹּאכֵֽל׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐνετείλατο Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Ἀδὰμ, λέγων, ἀπὸ παντὸς ξύλου τοῦ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ βρώσει φαγῇ.

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• Adam and Eve: the garden and the fall God places the man in Eden and forbids him to eat from one tree. A serpent challenges the death warning; the woman and her husband eat, blam…

Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Samuel 15:22But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
• 1 Timothy 4:4For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
• 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
• Genesis 2:9Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
• Genesis 3:1–2Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’” The woman answered the serpent,…

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