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17But 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.

Genesis 2:17

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

  • In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

  • The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

  • For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(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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