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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Gill's Exposition
But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil,.... Of the name of this tree, and the reasons of it; see Gill on Gen 2:9.
thou shalt not eat of it; not that this tree had any efficacy in it to…
- XII. The Command 15. נוּח nûach “rest, dwell.” עבד ‛ābad “work, till, serve.” שׁמר shāmar “keep, guard.” We have here the education of man summed up in a single sentence. Let us endeavor to…
Adam Clarke
Of the tree of the knowledge - thou shalt not eat - This is the first positive precept God gave to man; and it was given as a test of obedience, and a proof of his being in a dependent, probationary…
Observe here, I. God's authority over man, as a creature that had reason and freedom of will. The Lord God commanded the man, who stood now as a public person, the father and representative of all…
Cambridge Bible
of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil See above, on Gen 2:2. Here only one tree is mentioned, as in Gen 3:3; and it seems not unlikely that the mention of "the tree of life" did not belong to…
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