ext_19879 ([identity profile] eirwen555.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] callistahogan 2008-03-24 11:47 pm (UTC)

I would like to point out your quote is one of many versions of differing English translations. In New International version, 2:17 states "but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die." That allows for a looser interpretation. Also, consider this link: http://scripturetext.com/genesis/2-17.htm
According to Young's Literal Translation, which we could deduce to be the closest to the original Hebrew, Genesis 2:17 says " and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it -- dying thou dost die". "dying thou dost die" is the focal point here; the rest is pretty self-evident. Now,I know nothing of Hebrew grammar, so I looked for sources online, and found this link: http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2007/05/02/dying-you-shall-die
Also, consider these verses: "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam�s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man�s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ. Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life."--Romans 5: 12-18

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