Genesis 2:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ The Lord God gave the man this command. The Lord God said, “You may eat from any tree in the garden.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The LORD God commanded the human, “Eat your fill from all of the garden’s trees;

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And he instructed him, saying: "From every tree of Paradise, you shall eat.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:

Genesis 2:16 Cross References

Genesis 1:29

God said, “I am giving you all the grain bearing plants and all the fruit trees. Those trees make fruit with seeds in it. This grain and fruit will be your food.

Genesis 2:15

The Lord God put the man in the garden of Eden to work the soil and take care of the garden.

Genesis 2:9

The Lord God made every beautiful tree and every tree that was good for food to grow in the garden. In the middle of the garden, the Lord God put the tree of life and also the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil.

Genesis 3:3

But there is one tree we must not eat from. God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch that tree or you will die.’”

1 Timothy 4:4

Everything that God made is good. Nothing that God made should be refused if it is accepted with thanks to God.

1 Timothy 6:17

Give this command to the people who are rich with the things this world has. Tell them not to be proud. Tell those rich people to hope in God, not their money. Money cannot be trusted. But God takes care of us richly. He gives us everything to enjoy.

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel answered, “Which pleases the Lord more: burnt offerings and sacrifices [138] or obeying the Lord’s command? It is better to obey God than to offer sacrifices to him. It is better to listen to God than to offer the fat from rams.