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The Septuagint 2.17 · 2.17

In the day you eat of it, you shall die

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ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ γινώσκειν καλὸν καὶ πονηρόν, οὐ φάγεσθε ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ· ᾗ δ᾽ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ φάγησθε ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ, θανάτῳ ἀποθανεῖσθε.

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ἀπὸapòbut fromδὲbutτοῦtoûtheξύλουxýloutreeτοῦtoûofγινώσκεινginṓskeinknowingκαλὸνkalòngoodκαὶkaìandπονηρόνponērónevil,οὐounotφάγεσθεphágestheyou shall eatἀπ᾽ap᾽fromαὐτοῦautoûit·hêiin whateverδ᾽d᾽-ἂνàn-ἡμέρᾳhēmérāidayφάγησθεphágēstheyou eatἀπ᾽ap᾽ofαὐτοῦautoûit,θανάτῳthanátōiwith deathἀποθανεῖσθεapothaneîstheyou shall die.

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The prohibition and its penalty, both stated with the same emphatic cognate-dative Hebraism as v.16's permission: θανάτῳ ἀποθανεῖσθε, "with death you shall die" (Hebrew מוֹת תָּמוּת) — "you shall surely die."

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