Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 2:17

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 2:17 - 2:17

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 2:17 - 2:17

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2:8 - 2:8
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2:15 - 2:15
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2:18 - 2:18
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2:20 - 2:20
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2:23 - 2:23
2:24 - 2:24

thou shalt not eat of it ... thou shalt surely die - no reason assigned for the prohibition, but death was to be the punishment of disobedience. A positive command like this was not only the simplest and easiest, but the only trial to which their fidelity could be exposed.