Genesis 2:16
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
In context
14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
16 And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
17 but 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.”
18 The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
Genesis 2:16 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
- KJV King James Version
- And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
- WEB World English Bible
- The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, 'Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Jehovah Elohim commanded Man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou shalt freely eat;
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: