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NASB | Genesis 2:16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "You may freely (unconditionally) eat [the fruit] from every tree of the garden; |
Bible Question: Well we are told that after man ate of the tree of knowledge God removed man from the garden and then God put angels round about it to protect it. So before man ate from the tree of knowledge man could have eaten from the tree of life but afterwards he could not and God also tell's us why they couldnt. The Bible doesn't tell us if man did or did not eat from the tree of life before eating of the tree of knowledge but sense they couldnt eat of the tree of life after eating from the tree of knowledge would have eating from the tree of life prevented man from eating of the tree of knowledge? |
Bible Answer: Hi umagumadog, There weren't any angels involved. They were cherubims. A different heavenly creature than angels. Gen 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. Weather they ate of the tree of life or not wouldn't matter. God said don't eat of the tree of knowledge or you will die. If they ate of the tree of life and disobeyed they would die. If they did not eat of the tree of life and disobeyed they would die. It was the disobediance that brought the sin on them, not the tree of knowledge itself. Plus the Scriptures does not tells us if God even told Adam and Eve that there was a tree of life. So they may have been oblivious to it to begin with. Does that help? terrib |