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

God.

1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices: and to hearken rather than to offer the fat or rams.

thou mayest freely eat.

Genesis 2:9 And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:1,2 Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise? . . .

1 Timothy 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving:

1 Timothy 6:17 Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy)

Context
Man and Woman in the Garden
15And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise of pleasure, to dress it, and to keep it. 16And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:17But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.…
Cross References
Genesis 2:15
And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise of pleasure, to dress it, and to keep it.

Genesis 3:2
And the woman answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat:

Genesis 3:3
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die.

Lexicon
And the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

God
אֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

commanded
וַיְצַו֙ (way·ṣaw)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

[him],
הָֽאָדָ֖ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being

“You may eat freely
אָכֹ֥ל (’ā·ḵōl)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

from every
מִכֹּ֥ל (mik·kōl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

tree
עֵֽץ־ (‘êṣ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood

of the garden,
הַגָּ֖ן (hag·gān)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1588: An enclosure, garden


Additional Translations
And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:

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

And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden thou mayest freely eat,

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

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

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

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

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