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Read Full Chapter (Genesis 2) Genesis 2:16-17 KJV
"And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But 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."
Genesis Chapter 2, Verse 16-17
Genesis 2:16-17 in Context (Verses 13–20 KJV)
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And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.*
14
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.*
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And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.*
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And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:*
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But 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.*
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¶ And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.*
19
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.*
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And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.*