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but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."
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A Necessary Test
Commentators explain that the prohibition was not an arbitrary rule. It was a wise and simple test perfectly suited for Adam's state of innocence. The tree itself wasn't inherently evil; it was the chosen instrument to teach humanity about moral responsibility, obedience, and the fundamental relationship between the Creator and the created.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
נוּח (nûach): “rest, dwell.” עבד (‛ābad): “work, till, serve.” שׁמר (shāmar): “keep, guard.”<…
19th Century
Anglican
EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.
The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve re…
Baptist
Apparently, Adam was not forbidden to eat of the fruit of the tree of life. However, after his failure, he was cast out of Eden, as God said, l…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil Of the name of this tree, and the reasons of it, (See Gill on Gene…
Let us never set up our own will against the holy will of God. Not only was liberty allowed to man in taking the fruits of paradise, but everlastin…
