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NASB | Genesis 2:17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 2:17 but [only] from the tree of the knowledge (recognition) of good and evil you shall not eat, otherwise on the day that you eat from it, you shall most certainly die [because of your disobedience]." |
Bible Question:
why is it that God didn't want human to know the good and evil? acording to Genesis? thanx |
Bible Answer: shushimeng: It is assumed you are referring to Genesis Chapters 2 and 3, and particularly to 2:9,17 and all of Chapter 3. .... Genesis 2:17 says, "but from the tree of of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die." There is no reason given for this prohibition, although it can be inferred from 2:9 that it was a test. There is no reason to believe that the tree itself had any magical properties about it. But God forbade Adam and Eve to eat of it. Eating of it in direct disobedience of God's command would indeed give man knowledge of evil, since evil can be defined as disobedience to God. God created him perfect and sinless, so he already had knowledge of good. --Hank |
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