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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: How was there good and evil in the beginning?(Tree of knowledge of good and evil) How could evil exist in the beginning? |
Bible Answer: Hello want2, The fall of satan occured before the Garden of Eden. Let's look at the verse. In Gen 2:17 we have, "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." In the preceeding verse, God gave them the first (positive) command, "The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely..." Tyndales Concise Bible Commentary provides a good explanation: "The meaning of the tree of knowledge of good and evil is understood by the consequences that Adam and Eve experienced by eating from it (2:16–17). God had said that eating from it would bring death. Thus, the knowledge regarding the tree was knowledge gained by committing a negative act; Adam and Eve gained firsthand knowledge of evil by doing evil. That kind of knowledge brought deadly enlightenment." [Robert B. Hughes and J. Carl Laney, Tyndale Concise Bible Commentary] I hope this helps, BradK |
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