Genesis 2:9

The Creation of Man and Woman

9 And out of the ground the LORD God made o every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. p The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and q evil.

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 31:8
    The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; The fir trees were not like its boughs, And the chestnut trees were not like its branches; No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 3:22
    Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever" -
    Revelation 2:7
    "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God."'
    Revelation 22:2
    In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
    Revelation 22:14
    Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 1:39
    Moreover your little ones and your children, who you say will be victims, who today have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.
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