Genesis 2:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:”
Genesis 2:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 2:16 in 7 Bible Translations
Read Genesis 2:16 in the King James Version (KJV) and 6 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Genesis 2:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;”
Genesis 2:16 — World English Bible
Genesis 2:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: ”
Genesis 2:16 — American Standard Version
Genesis 2:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, `Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;”
Genesis 2:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 2:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jehovah Elohim commanded Man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou shalt freely eat; ”
Genesis 2:16 — Darby Translation
Genesis 2:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Thou shalt eate freely of euery tree of the garden,”
Genesis 2:16 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 2:16 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And the Lord God commanded the human, saying: "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat,”
Genesis 2:16 — The Living Sword
Genesis 2:16 in Context — Genesis 2
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But 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.
18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
What Does Genesis 2:16 Mean?
Genesis 2:16 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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