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16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

Genesis 2:16

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 16-17)

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 mankind, to receive law, as he had lately received a nature, for himself and all his. God commanded all the creatures, according to their capacity; the settled course of nature is a law, Ps. 148:6 ; Ps. ...

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