Chuàngshìjì 2:16

16 Yēhéhuá shén fēnfu tā shuō , yuán zhōng gèyàng shù shàng de guǒzi , nǐ kĕyǐ suíyì chī .

Chuàngshìjì 2:16 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 2:16

And the Lord God commanded the man
Over whom he had power and authority; and he had a right to command him what he pleased, being his Creator, benefactor, and preserver; and this is to be understood not of man only, but of the woman also, whose creation, though related afterwards, yet was before this grant to eat of all the trees of the garden but one, and the prohibition of the fruit of that; for that she was in being, and present at this time, seems manifest from ( Genesis 3:2 Genesis 3:3 ) saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
a very generous, large, and liberal allowance this: or "in eating thou mayest eat" ^F25; which was giving full power, and leaving them without any doubt and uncertainty about their food; which they might freely take, and freely eat of, wherever they found it, or were inclined to, even of any, and every tree in the garden, excepting one, next forbidden.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (lkat lka) "comedendo comedas", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Drusius

Chuàngshìjì 2:16 In-Context

14 Dì sān dào hé míng jiào Xīdǐjiē , liú zaì Yàshù de dōngbiān . dì sì dào hé jiù shìYòufàlàdǐ hé .

15 Yēhéhuá shén jiàng nà rén ānzhì zaì Yīdiànyuán , shǐ tā xiūlǐ kānshǒu .

16 Yēhéhuá shén fēnfu tā shuō , yuán zhōng gèyàng shù shàng de guǒzi , nǐ kĕyǐ suíyì chī .

17 Zhǐshì fēnbié shàn ĕ shù shàng de guǒzi , nǐ bùkĕ chī , yīnwei nǐ chī de rìzi bìdéng sǐ .

18 Yēhéhuá shén shuō , nà rén dú jū bú hǎo , wǒ yào wéi tā zào yī gè peìǒu bāngzhu tā .