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Genesis 2:16-18
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16 And Yahweh God commanded the man,[a] saying, “From every tree of the garden you may freely eat,[b] 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat[c] from it you shall surely die.”[d]

18 Then[e] Yahweh God said, “it is not good that the man[f] is alone. I will make for him a helper as his counterpart.”[g]

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  1. Genesis 2:16 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  2. Genesis 2:16 Literally “eating you may eat”
  3. Genesis 2:17 Literally “of your eating”
  4. Genesis 2:17 Literally “dying you shall die”
  5. Genesis 2:18 Or “And”
  6. Genesis 2:18 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  7. Genesis 2:18 Literally “as his opposite”
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Genesis 2:16-18
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16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;(A) 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,(B) for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”(C)

18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”(D)

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