Pay attention to the sequence of Scripture
Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?" Gen 3:2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,
Gen 3:3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'"
Gen 2:15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
Gen 2:17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."
Gen 2:21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh.
Gen 2:22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
so what we have missed ?
here it is: This sentence is a bit awkward. [/color] Gen 3:2
Gen 3:3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'"
Gen 2:17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."
there must be something that we have missed .
but,depending on context,There is no contradiction here.
Gen 3:14 So the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, "Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."
Gen 3:16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."
Gen 3:17 To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,' "Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Gen 3:18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
Gen 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return."
as we knew that Justice is meted out to them.so . let us be reasoning .
I'll tell you my reasoning later,
first,you do yours