Genesis 3:5

Shall be as gods, knowing good and evil— כאלהים keelohim, like God. See note on Genesis 3:22.

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⁵ For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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