“And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,”
Genesis 2:16
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Why did God form the man from dust?
God formed the first man from dust by hand, the way a potter shapes clay, and then breathed His own life into him (Genesis 2:7). In Genesis 1 the stars came from a single command. The man was shaped up close, by God's own hands.
Read the whole study- Adam and Eve: How a Potter's Hands Made a Soul (Genesis 2)
Was Eden a covenant?
Many readers see every element of a covenant in this command, though the word is not used: two parties, a stipulation, and a sanction. God gave Adam one command and one consequence, with death named as the result (Genesis 2:16–17).
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