Genesis 2:9 (WEB)
Out of the ground the LORD God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
As quoted in the map (KJV)
Genesis 2:9 (KJV)
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Key words
- עֵץ הַחַיִּיםets hachayyim · Hebrew
- 'the tree of life' in the midst of the garden.
- עֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָעets hadda'at tov vara · Hebrew
- 'the tree of knowledge of good and evil' — the one tree forbidden.
Why it matters
Two trees stand in the garden: the tree of life, which the couple may eat, and the tree of knowledge, which they may not. Pitre draws out that humanity was created with the offer of immortality and lost it (p 22). The reversal comes through another tree: Mary stands at the cross, and the Fathers saw in the New Eve the restoration of what was lost in Eden.
Fathers and councils · 4
John Damascene
“In its midst God planted the tree of life and the tree of knowledge.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 9.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“The Tree of life, therefore was planted in the earth, that the earth which had been cursed might enjoy the blessing, and that the dead might be released.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 9; iii. 22. Methodius (Sympos. ix. c. 3): “He that hath not believed in Christ, nor hath understood that He is the first principle and the Tree of…
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Hilary of Poitiers
“In the book of Genesis, where the lawgiver depicts the paradise planted by God, we are shewn that every tree is fair to look upon and good for food; it is also stated that there…” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 9.
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On the Making of Man On the.21On the Making of Man
“I think I am not aiming wide of the mark in employing, as a starting-point for my speculation, the sense of “knowable.”” — editor's note: The reference is to Gen. ii. 9 (in LXX.), where the tree is called, τὸ ξύλον τοῦ εἰδέναι γνωστὸν καλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ. S. Gregory proceeds to ascertain the exact…
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.21.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.21.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.21.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.21.
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.21.