Gen 2:17 | JFB | STEP | 17. 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. . THE MAKING OF WOMAN, AND INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE.

Genesis 2:17

17. 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.

Ge 2:18-25. THE MAKING OF WOMAN, AND INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE.