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Genesis 2:16-18
New King James Version
Genesis 2:16-18
New King James Version
16 And the Lord 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 (A)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it (B)you[a] shall surely (C)die.”
18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; (D)I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
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- Genesis 2:17 Lit. dying you shall die
New King James Version (NKJV)
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