Genesis 2:16
Then the LORD God commanded the man,“You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard,
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- 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 Then Samuel said,“Does the LORD take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.
- 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.
- 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.
- Gen 2:9 : 9 The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food.(Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)
- Gen 3:1-2 : 1 The Temptation and the Fall Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman,“Is it really true that God said,‘You must not eat from any tree of the orchard’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent,“We may eat of the fruit from the trees of the orchard;
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- Gen 2:17-193 verses84%
17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die.”
18 The LORD God said,“It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.”
19 The LORD God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
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8 The LORD God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.
9 The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food.(Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)
10 Now a river flows from Eden to water the orchard, and from there it divides into four headstreams.
- Gen 3:1-99 verses82%
1 The Temptation and the Fall Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman,“Is it really true that God said,‘You must not eat from any tree of the orchard’?”
2 The woman said to the serpent,“We may eat of the fruit from the trees of the orchard;
3 but concerning the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the orchard God said,‘You must not eat from it, and you must not touch it, or else you will die.’”
4 The serpent said to the woman,“Surely you will not die,
5 for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
7 Then the eyes of both of them opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
8 The Judgment Oracles of God at the Fall Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God moving about in the orchard at the breezy time of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the orchard.
9 But the LORD God called to the man and said to him,“Where are you?”
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15 The LORD God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.
- Gen 1:28-303 verses78%
28 God blessed them and said to them,“Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”
29 Then God said,“I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
30 And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground– everything that has the breath of life in it– I give every green plant for food.” It was so.
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11 And the LORD God said,“Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
12 The man said,“The woman whom you gave me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it.”
13 So the LORD God said to the woman,“What is this you have done?” And the woman replied,“The serpent tricked me, and I ate.”
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22 And the LORD God said,“Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”
23 So the LORD God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.
24 When he drove the man out, he placed on the eastern side of the orchard in Eden angelic sentries who used the flame of a whirling sword to guard the way to the tree of life.
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17 But to Adam he said,“Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you,‘You must not eat from it,’ the ground is cursed because of you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, but you will eat the grain of the field.
19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”
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11 God said,“Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds and trees on the land bearing fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds.” It was so.
12 The land produced vegetation– plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.
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25 Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. I am the LORD your God.
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21 And you must take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten, and gather it together. It will be food for you and for them.”
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3 You may eat any moving thing that lives. As I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
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25 The man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed.
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5 ‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.
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15 Then God spoke to Noah and said,
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19 If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.
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2 You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.
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22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
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26 Then God said,“Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”
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25 You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the LORD’s sight.
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12 Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful; on it there was food enough for all. Under it the wild animals used to seek shade, and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest. All creatures used to feed themselves from it.