Genesis 3:2

In Genesis 3:1 when Satan asked the question, “yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of “every” tree of the garden?” In some translations like the NIV instead of the word “every” tree of the garden it’s “any” tree of garden; which makes a major difference! Which is correct? It has to be “every” because “any” is too far from the truth?????

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Lew Worthington

Welcome to the forums. These forums should be focused on how to use Logos Bible software. Fortunately, there are good tools within Logos to help answer your questions. There are nice original language tools that show the Hebrew word in 2:16 is one of permission, while the serpent's statement in 3:1 is one of exclusion, but using the same word. (The Hebrew is slightly different.) That may muddy the water's a bit. Also, Eve's statement in 3:2-3 invites more interpretive issues.

There are also lovely grammars and commentaries that can help one's understanding of what's going on.

DMB

An excellent example, for familiarity with the text … a snake (not Satan), and a hebrew word expresessing all or completeness. The issue then is becomes how to translate a mis-statement … an art, not a truth.

It's interesting the english translation choices varied back to some of the earliest (eg Wycliffe's).

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