## the garden of Eden ## This can also be translated as "the garden in Eden." ## From every tree in the garden ## "The fruit of every tree in the garden" ## you ## This pronoun is singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]]) ## you may freely eat…you may not eat ## In some languages it would be natural to first say what is not permitted and to then say what is permitted, as in the UDB. ## may freely eat ## "may eat without restriction" ## the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ## See how you translated this in [Genesis 2:9](./09.md). ## you may not eat ## This can be translated as "I will not permit you to eat" (UDB) or "you must not eat."