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NASB | Genesis 2:9 Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 2:9 And [in that garden] the LORD God caused to grow from the ground every tree that is desirable and pleasing to the sight and good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the [experiential] knowledge (recognition) of [the difference between] good and evil. [Rev 2:7; 22:14, 19] |
Bible Question: did God intend for humans to eat from the tree of knowledge and tree of life? |
Bible Answer: Cherrie, God's prohibition was restricted to the eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. (Gen.2:17) The eating of the fruit itself would not, and did not, bring sudden physical death to Adam and Eve. The fruit of the tree was not poison in the sense that hemlock is. The record indicates that they lived many years after they ate the forbidden fruit; they were themselves fruitful and multiplied. The warning of death concerns man's spiritual death and, ultimately, his physical death (Chapter 5). It was not the fruit itself, but their disobedience to God which prompted their taking of the fruit, which would reap for Adam and Eve the harvest of death. --Hank |