Genesis 2:16
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of euery tree of the garden thou mayest †freely eate.
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- †Hebrew wordingHebr. eating thou shalt eate.
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- 1 Samuel 15:22Rank 1 from verse 16
22And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
22And Samuel saide, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, *to obey, is better then sacrifice: and to hearken, then the fat of rammes.
- 1 Timothy 4:4Rank 2 from verse 16
- 1 Timothy 6:17Rank 3 from verse 16
17Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
17Charge them that are rich in this world, that they bee not high minded, nor trust in †vncertaine riches, but in the liuing God, who giueth vs richly all things to enioy,
- Genesis 2:9Rank 4 from verse 16
9And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
9And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow euery tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food: the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and euill.
- Genesis 3:1–2Rank 5 from verse 16
1NOW the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
1¶ Now the serpent was more subtill then any beast of the field, which the LORD God had made, and he said vnto the woman, †Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of euery tree of the garden?
2And the woman said vnto the serpent, Wee may eate of the fruite of the trees of the garden:
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Genesis 2:16
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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The one true God.
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Ordered; directed.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.
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An enclosed or cultivated place for plants, herbs, or fruit.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: Without restraint, hindrance, or reserve; openly. Sense 2: Willingly, voluntarily, liberally, or abundantly. Sense 3: Without payment or purchase; as a gift.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.
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2:8¶ And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
2:8¶ And the LORD God planted a garden Eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
2:9And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
2:9And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow euery tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food: the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and euill.
2:10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
2:10And a riuer went out of Eden to water the garden, and from thence it was parted, and became into foure heads.
2:11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
2:11The name of the first is *Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Hauilah, where there is gold.
2:12And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
2:12And the gold of that land is good: There is Bdellium and the Onix stone.
2:13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
2:13And the name of the second riuer is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of †Ethiopia.
2:14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
2:14And the name of the third riuer is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth ‖toward the East of Assyria: and the fourth riuer is Euphrates.
2:15And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
2:15And the LORD God tooke ‖the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dresse it, and to keepe it.
2:16And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
2:16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of euery tree of the garden thou mayest †freely eate.
Selected passage2:17But 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.
2:17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and euill, thou shalt not eate of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt †surely die.