SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:17
mas del árbol de la ciencia del bien y del mal, no comerás de él; porque el día que de él comieres, morirás.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 2:17
Verse 17. Of the tree of the knowledge-thou shalt not eat] This is the first positive precept God gave to man; and it was given as a test of obedience, and a proof of his being in a dependent, probationary state. It was necessary that, while constituted lord of this lower world, he should know that he was only God's vicegerent, and must be accountable to him for the use of his mental and corporeal powers, and for the use he made of the different creatures put under his care. The man from whose mind the strong impression of this dependence and responsibility is erased, necessarily loses sight of his origin and end, and is capable of any species of wickedness. As God is sovereign, he has a right to give to his creatures what commands he thinks proper. An intelligent creature, without a law to regulate his conduct, is an absurdity; this would destroy at once the idea of his dependency and accountableness. Man must ever feel God as his sovereign, and act under his authority, which he cannot do unless he have a rule of conduct. This rule God gives: and it is no matter of what kind it is, as long as obedience to it is not beyond the powers of the creature who is to obey. God says: There is a certain fruit-bearing tree; thou shalt not eat of its fruit; but of all the other fruits, and they are all that are necessary, for thee, thou mayest freely, liberally eat. Had he not an absolute right to say so? And was not man bound to obey? Thou shalt surely die.] twmt twm moth tamuth; Literally, a death thou shalt die; or, dying thou shalt die. Thou shalt not only die spiritually, by losing the life of God, but from that moment thou shalt become mortal, and shalt continue in a dying state till thou die. This we find literally accomplished; every moment of man's life may be considered as an act of dying, till soul and body are separated. Other meanings have been given of this passage, but they are in general either fanciful or incorrect.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16, 17 - Let us never set up our own will against the holy will of God. Ther was not only liberty allowed to man, in taking the fruits of paradise but everlasting life made sure to him upon his obedience. There was trial appointed of his obedience. By transgression he would forfeit his Maker's favour, and deserve his displeasure, with all its awfu effects; so that he would become liable to pain, disease, and death Worse than that, he would lose the holy image of God, and all the comfort of his favour; and feel the torment of sinful passions, and the terror of his Maker's vengeance, which must endure for ever with his never dying soul. The forbidding to eat of the fruit of a particula tree was wisely suited to the state of our first parents. In their state of innocence, and separated from any others, what opportunity of what temptation had they to break any of the ten commandments? The event proves that the whole human race were concerned in the trial an fall of our first parents. To argue against these things is to striv against stubborn facts, as well as Divine revelation; for man is sinful, and shows by his first actions, and his conduct eve afterwards, that he is ready to do evil. He is under the Divin displeasure, exposed to sufferings and death. The Scriptures alway speak of man as of this sinful character, and in this miserable state and these things are true of men in all ages, and of all nations.
Original Hebrew
ומעץ 6086 הדעת 1847 טוב 2896 ורע 7451 לא 3808 תאכל 398 ממנו 4480 כי 3588 ביום 3117 אכלך 398 ממנו 4480 מות 4191 תמות׃ 4191
