Genesis 2:17

The 2026 edition cites 3 passages containing Genesis 2:17, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.

Genesis 2:15-17

¹⁵ And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
¹⁶ And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
¹⁷ 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.

Cited by 1 place in the Constitution

Testimony of the RPCNA 1

T 4.8
Man is steward of the creation and should treat his resources of material wealth, environment, health, energy and talents as gifts of God, for which he must…

Genesis 2:16-17

¹⁶ And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
¹⁷ 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.

Cited by 5 places in the Constitution

Westminster Confession of Faith 2

CF 6.3
They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed, to all their posterity…
CF 9.2
Man, in his state of innocency, had freedom and power to will and to do that which was good, and well pleasing to God; but yet mutably, so that he might fall…

Testimony of the RPCNA 1

T 1.1
God has revealed Himself in His works, called natural or general revelation, and His Word, called special revelation. This self-revelation contains all that…

Larger Catechism 1

LC 22
The covenant being made with Adam, as a public person, not for himself only, but for his posterity; all mankind descending from him by ordinary generation…

Shorter Catechism 1

SC 16
The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and…

Genesis 2:17

¹⁷ 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.

Cited by 10 places in the Constitution

Westminster Confession of Faith 4

CF 4.2
After God had made all other creatures, He created man, male and female, with reasonable and immortal souls, endued with knowledge, righteousness, and true…
CF 6.2
By this sin they fell from their original righteousness and communion with God, and so became dead in sin, and wholly defiled in all the faculties and parts of…
CF 7.2
The first covenant made with man was a covenant of works, wherein life was promised to Adam, and in him to his posterity, upon condition of perfect and…
CF 19.1
God gave to Adam a law, as a covenant of works, by which He bound him and all his posterity to personal, entire, exact, and perpetual obedience; promised life…

Testimony of the RPCNA 1

T 22.7
God has established two covenants with men: the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace (see chap. 7). In accomplishing the Covenant of Grace God made…

Larger Catechism 4

LC 20
The providence of God toward man in the estate in which he was created, was the placing him in paradise, appointing him to dress it, giving him liberty to eat…
LC 27
The fall brought upon mankind the loss of communion with God, his displeasure and curse; so as we are by nature children of wrath, bond slaves to Satan, and…
LC 92
The rule of obedience revealed to Adam in the estate of innocence, and to all mankind in him, beside a special command not to eat of the fruit of the tree of…
LC 193
In the fourth petition, (which is, Give us this day our daily bread,) acknowledging, that in Adam, and by our own sin, we have forfeited our right to all the…

Shorter Catechism 1

SC 12
When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge…