16Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, |Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;


In Context

13 The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.

14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16 Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, |Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;

17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die.|

18 Yahweh God said, |It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.|

Genesis 2:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16And Jehovah Elohim commanded Man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou shalt freely eat;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, 'Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: