# Genesis 2:17

> The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.

- Edition: kjv
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/2/17
- Book: [Genesis](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis)
- Chapter: [Genesis 2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/2)
- License: The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.
- JSON: https://apologetics.wiki/api/bible/genesis/2/17
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But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.