To Eat and to Die in the Garden of Good and Evil . .
בראשׁית ב:יו וַיְצַו יְ־הוָה אֱלֹהִים עַל הָאָדָם לֵאמֹר מִכֹּל עֵץ הַגָּן אָכֹל תֹּאכֵל. ב:יז וּמֵעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת תָּמוּת. |
Gen 1:10Genesis Ch 2: vs 16 And YHWH God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you are free to eat; 2:17 but as for the tree of knowledge of good and bad, you must not eat of it; for as soon as you eat of it, you shall die.” |
- Gd tells Adam and Eve not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge but does not mention the reason they will “die” is because they will lose access to the Tree of Life.
- Gd will not allow humans to become gods or even godlike, both wise and immortal (Genesis 3:22), and thus expels them from the garden. (Chrisitan scholars are well aware of this).
- Outcome: the woman must bear children to perpetuate the species, and the man must till the earth to produce food.
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