Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 2:17

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17. thou shalt not eat of it . . . thou shalt surely die —no reason assigned for the prohibition, but death was to be the punishment of disobedience. A positive command like this was not only the simplest and easiest, but the only trial to which their fidelity could be exposed. :- . THE MAKING OF WOMAN, AND INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-18" class="com-number"