Paradise the First (3)

The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (1) Concerning the tree of knowledge of good and evil we read, first of all, in Genesis 2:9: "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." Further, in Genesis 2:16, 17 we read of the so-called probationary command: "And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest...