Genesis 2:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Genesis 2:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- XII. The Command 15. נוּח nûach “rest, dwell.” עבד ‛ ābad “work, till, serve.” שׁמר shāmar “keep, guard.” We have here the education of man summed up in a single sentence. Le...
Genesis 2:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the LORD God (l) commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: (l) So that man might know there was a sovereign Lord, to whom he owed obedience.
Genesis 2:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

J's Story of Creation and Paradise Lost. This story does not belong to P, for it is free from its characteristics in style, vocabulary, and point of view. It is distinguished from P's creation stor...
Genesis 2:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the man. Hebrew. ha'adham (with art.). the man Adam. See App-14. freely. Hebrew "Eating thou mayest eat". Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6) for emphasis (see note on Genesis 26:28 ). Here...
Genesis 2:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. And the Lord God commanded Moses now teaches, that man was the governor of the world, with this exception, that he should, nevertheless, be subject to God. A law is imposed upon him in t...
Genesis 2:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 3 COVENANT MADE WITH ADAM Genesis 2:16-17 . And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good an...
Genesis 2:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Genesis 2:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Of every tree, &c.— Rich in his bounty, and free in his donations, the liberal Creator of all things here gives a large and extensive grant to his creature, allowing the free use of all those v...
Genesis 2:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Genesis 2:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paradise and the Fall In this famous passage we possess a wealth of moral and spiritual teaching regarding God and man. The intention of the writer is evidently to give an answer to the question:...
Genesis 2:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE. The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve remained in their original state of innocence for six hours only. Others have supp...
Genesis 2:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE CREATION Genesis 1:1-31 ; Genesis 2:1-25 IF anyone is in search of accurate information regarding the age of this earth, or its relation to the sun, moon, and stars, or regarding the order...
Genesis 2:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Man in Eden, Innocence Genesis 2:1-17 The first paragraph belongs to the previous chapter, as is clear from the use of the same term for God- Elohim. God's Rest was not from weariness, or exh...
Genesis 2:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter gives us a fuller account of man. Three distinct movements are chronicled in the brief but comprehensive account. First, "Jehovah God formed man of the dust." The Hebrew word "formed" s...
Genesis 2:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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. The tree of life, ( Genesis 2:9 ) perhaps an emblem, or to...
Genesis 2:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 unde...
Genesis 2:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: Ver. 16. Commanded the man, saying. ] God hath given man dominion over all the sublunary creatures;...
Genesis 2:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SEVENTH DAY The first three verses here are directly connected with chapter 1. "Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished." The work of the first creation occupie...
Genesis 2:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Tree of Knowledge Prohibited. B. C. 4004. 16 And the L ORD God commanded the man,...
Genesis 2:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

God commanded the woman too, (as appears both from the permission for eating herbs and fruits given to her, together with her husband, Genesis 1:28-29 , and from Genesis 3:1-3 , and from Eve's...
Genesis 2:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Man's Establishment and Fall ( Genesis 2:4 to Genesis 3:24 ) TABLET II. Genesis 2 and Genesis 3 form a unit distinguished by the fact that God is called Yahweh Elohim (Lord God), a usage rep...
Genesis 2:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 2:14 . East of Assyria] So Ges. and Dav. Lit., “before A.” wh. to a writer in Pal. is = west (Fürst). Genesis 2:17 . Surely die ] Heb. “die, die shalt thou;” as in G...
Genesis 2:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 2:1-8 . Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his wo...
Genesis 2:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 2:1 . By host is meant, not the angels, as some have thought, but the starry heavens. Psalms 33:6 . Genesis 2:2 . On the seventh day God ended his work. The Samaritan Pentateuch reads...
Genesis 2:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. The fall of man These words were fulfilled at the time they were spoken; they have been fulfilled ceaselessly thereafter. We live in...
Genesis 2:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 2:8 In accordance with a well-known characteristic of Hebrew composition, the writer, having carried his subject forward to a convenient place of rest, now reverts to a p...
Genesis 2:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Adam placed into the Garden
Genesis 2:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

God. 1 Samuel 15:22 thou mayest freely eat. Heb. eating thou shalt eat. Genesis 2:9 Genesis 3:1 Genesis 3:2 1 Timothy 4:4 1 Timothy 6:17
Genesis 2:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thou shall die — That is, thou shalt lose all the happiness thou hast either in possession or prospect; and thou shalt become liable to death, and all the miseries that preface and attend it. This...

Genesis 2:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 2:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 2:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 2:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Genesis 2:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 2:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 2:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 2:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 2:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 2:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 2:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 2:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 2:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 2:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 2:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 2:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 2:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 2:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 2:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 2:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 2:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 2:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 2:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 2:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes