Berean Standard Bible

“And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,”

Genesis 2:16

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In the second creation account, God has placed the man in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. Before anything is forbidden, God speaks about what is freely given.

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Genesis 2:17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

World English Bible (WEB)

Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y mandó Jehová Dios al hombre, diciendo: De todo árbol del huerto comerás;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

y a la vez le dio esta orden: «Puedes comer del fruto de todos los árboles que hay en el jardín,

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Genesis 2:16

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