Genesis 2:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the Lorde God commaunded the man, saying, Thou shalt eate freely of euery tree of the garden,

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  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel saide, Hath the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as when the voyce of the Lord is obeyed? Beholde, to obey is better then sacrifice, and to hearken is better then the fatte of rammes.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, & that they trust not in vncertaine riches, but in the liuing God, (which giueth vs aboundatly, all things to enioy)
  • 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For euery creature of God is good, and nothing ought to be refused, if it be receiued with thankesgiuing.
  • Gen 2:9 : 9 (For out of the grounde made the Lorde God to growe euery tree pleasant to the sight, and good for meate: the tree of life also in the middes of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and of euill.
  • Gen 3:1-2 : 1 Nowe the serpent was more subtill then any beast of the fielde, which the Lord God had made: and he said to the woman, Yea, hath God in deede said, Ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said vnto the serpent, We eate of the fruite of the trees of the garden,

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  • Gen 2:17-19
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    84%

    17But of the tree of knowledge of good and euill, thou shalt not eate of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die the death.

    18Also the Lorde God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete for him.

    19So the Lorde God formed of the earth euery beast of the fielde, and euery foule of the heauen, and brought them vnto the man to see howe he would call them: for howsoeuer the man named the liuing creature, so was the name thereof.

  • Gen 2:8-10
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    8And the Lord God planted a garden Eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had made.

    9(For out of the grounde made the Lorde God to growe euery tree pleasant to the sight, and good for meate: the tree of life also in the middes of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and of euill.

    10And out of Eden went a riuer to water the garden, and from thence it was deuided, and became into foure heads.

  • Gen 3:1-9
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    1Nowe the serpent was more subtill then any beast of the fielde, which the Lord God had made: and he said to the woman, Yea, hath God in deede said, Ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden?

    2And the woman said vnto the serpent, We eate of the fruite of the trees of the garden,

    3But of the fruite of the tree which is in the middes of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eate of it, neither shall ye touche it, lest ye die.

    4Then the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not die at all,

    5But God doeth knowe, that when ye shall eate thereof, your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and euill.

    6So the woman (seeing that the tree was good for meate, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to get knowledge) tooke of the fruite thereof, and did eate, & gaue also to her husband with her, and he did eate.

    7Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaues together, and made them selues breeches.

    8Afterward they heard the voyce of the Lord God walking in the garden in the coole of the day, and the man & his wife hid themselues from the presence of the Lorde God among the trees of the garden.

    9But the Lord God called to the man, and said vnto him, Where art thou?

  • 15Then the Lord God tooke the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dresse it and keepe it.

  • Gen 1:28-30
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    28And God blessed them, and God said to them, Bring forth fruite and multiplie, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, & ouer euery beast that moueth vpon the earth.

    29And God said, Beholde, I haue giuen vnto you euery herbe bearing seede, which is vpon al the earth, and euery tree, wherein is the fruite of a tree bearing seede: that shall be to you for meate.

    30Likewise to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the heauen, and to euery thing that moueth vpon the earth, which hath life in it selfe, euery greene herbe shall be for meate; it was so.

  • Gen 3:11-13
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    11And he saide, Who tolde thee, that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eate?

    12Then the man saide, The woman which thou gauest to be with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I did eate.

    13And the Lorde God saide to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eate.

  • Gen 3:22-24
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    22And the Lord God said, Beholde, the man is become as one of vs, to knowe good and euill; nowe lest he put foorth his hand, and take also of ye tree of life & eate & liue for euer,

    23Therefore the Lord God sent him foorth from the garden of Eden, to till ye earth, whence he was taken.

    24Thus he cast out man, and at the East side of the garden of Eden he set the Cherubims, and the blade of a sworde shaken, to keepe the way of the tree of life.

  • Gen 3:17-19
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    17Also to Adam he said, Because thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, (whereof I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eate of it) cursed is the earth for thy sake: in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy life.

    18Thornes also, and thistles shall it bring foorth to thee, and thou shalt eate the herbe of the fielde.

    19In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne to the earth: for out of it wast thou taken, because thou art dust, and to dust shalt thou returne.

  • Gen 1:11-12
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    11Then God said, Let the earth bud foorth the bud of the herbe, that seedeth seede, the fruitfull tree, which beareth fruite according to his kinde, which hath his seede in it selfe vpon the earth; it was so.

    12And the earth brought foorth the bud of the herbe, that seedeth seede according to his kind, also the tree that beareth fruite, which hath his seede in it selfe according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.

  • 25And in the fifth yeere shall ye eate of the fruite of it that it may yeelde to you the encrease thereof: I am the Lorde your God.

  • 21And take thou with thee of all meate that is eaten: and thou shalt gather it to thee, that it may be meate for thee and for them.

  • 3Euery thing that moueth and liueth, shall be meate for you: as the greene herbe, haue I giuen you all things.

  • 25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

  • 5Buylde you houses to dwell in, and plant you gardens, and eate the fruites of them.

  • 15Then God spake to Noah, saying,

  • 19If ye consent and obey, ye shall eate the good things of the land.

  • 2When thou eatest the labours of thine hands, thou shalt be blessed, and it shall be well with thee.

  • 22And the ribbe which the Lorde God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her to the man.

  • 26Furthermore God said, Let vs make man in our image according to our likenes, and let them rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, and ouer the beastes, and ouer all the earth, and ouer euery thing that creepeth and moueth on the earth.

  • 25Thou shalt not eat it, that it may go wel with thee; and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt doe that which is right in the sight of the Lord:

  • 12(4:9) The boughes thereof were faire & the fruite thereof much, and in it was meate for all: it made a shadow vnder it for the beastes of the fielde, and the foules of the heauen dwelt in the boughes thereof, and all flesh fedde of it.