tree. Note the three trees: "Knowledge" (Genesis 2:9), man's Ruin; "the Cross" (Acts 10:39; Acts 5:30; 1 Peter 2:24), man's Redemption; "the Tree of Life" (Genesis 2:9; Revelation 2:7; Revelation 22:2), man's Regeneration.
good and evil. See on "knowledge", Genesis 2:9. Obedience proving what was "good" (Deuteronomy 6:24), disobedience revealing what was "evil" (Romans 3:20).
in the day. when. See App-18. Compare Genesis 2:4; 1 Kings 2:37; Ezekiel 36:33, &c.
thou shalt surely die. Hebrew "dying thou shalt die". Figure of speech Polyptoton, for emph. Compare Genesis 20:7; Genesis 26:11.Exodus 19:12; Exodus 21:12; Exodus 21:15; Exodus 21:16; Exodus 21:17; Exodus 31:14; Exodus 31:15.Leviticus 20:2; Leviticus 9:10; Leviticus 9:11; Leviticus 9:12; Leviticus 9:13; Leviticus 9:15; Leviticus 9:16, Lev 9:27. Leviticus 24:16; Leviticus 24:17; Leviticus 27:29; Numbers 15:35; Numbers 26:65; Numbers 35:16; Numbers 35:17; Numbers 35:18; Numbers 35:21; Numbers 35:31.Judges 13:22; Judges 15:13; Judges 21:5. 1Sa 14:39, 1 Samuel 14:44; 1 Samuel 22:16; 2 Samuel 12:14. 1Ki 2:37, 1 Kings 2:42. 2Ki 1:4, 2 Kings 1:6 2 Kings 1:16. 2 Kings 8:10; Jeremiah 26:8; Jeremiah 26:19; Jeremiah 38:15.Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 18:13; Ezekiel 33:8; Ezekiel 33:14. See note on Genesis 26:28 for the emphasis of this Figure exhibited in other ways; and compare esp. note on Numbers 26:65. Here marked by the word "surely", as in Genesis 2:16 by the word "freely". This certainty changed by Eve in Genesis 3:3 into. contingency.