Genesis 3:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, Elohim has said, ‘Do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest you die.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Common English Bible

³ but not the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden. God said, ‘Don’t eat from it, and don’t touch it, or you will die.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Yet truly, from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of Paradise, God has instructed us that we should not eat, and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we may die."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die.

Genesis 3:3 Cross References

Genesis 20:6

And Elohim said to him in a dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart, and so I kept you from sinning against Me. For this reason I did not let you touch her.

Genesis 3:2

And the woman said to the naḥash, “We are to eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden,

Genesis 3:4

And the naḥash said to the woman, “You shall certainly not die.

1 Chronicles 16:22

“Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no evil.”

Job 1:11

But stretch out Your hand, please, and strike all that he has – if he would not curse You to Your face!”

Job 19:21

Show favour to me, show favour to me, O you my friends, for the hand of Eloah has struck me!

Job 2:5

“But stretch out Your hand, please, and strike his bone and his flesh – if he would not curse You to Your face!”

1 Corinthians 7:1

And concerning the matters you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says יהוה, and do not touch what is unclean, and I shall receive you.

Colossians 2:21

“Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle” –