Genesis 2:16

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

Related Commentaries of Genesis 2:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 2:16