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Book Four — the creation of the first human beings

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat. (In the same place — Gen 2:17.)

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But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat. (In the same place — Gen 2:17.)1

De ligno autem scientiae boni & mali ne comedas. IBIDEM.

Translator’s notes

  1. Sub-lemma (the prohibition clause of Gen 2:17) heading the disputation; 'IBIDEM' = the same chapter and verse. ↩

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Benito Pererius, S.J., “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat. (In the same place — Gen 2:17.),” in Commentaries and Disputations on Genesis, Volume I, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/perera-genesis-1/090-but-of-the-tree-of-the-knowledge/.

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