And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
L'Eternel Dieu fit pousser du sol des arbres de toute espèce, agréables à voir et bons à manger, et l'arbre de la vie au milieu du jardin, et l'arbre de la connaissance du bien et du mal.
KJV
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
ιν, καὶ τὸ ξύλον τῆς ζωῆς ἐν μέσῳ τῷ παραδείσῳ, καὶ τὸ ξύλον τοῦ εἰδέναι γνωστὸν καλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ“ (Gen. 2, 9). ἃ φυτεύει ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ δένδρα ἀρετῆς, νῦν ὑπογράφει· ἔστι δὲ ταῦτα αἵ τε κατὰ μέρος ἀρεταὶ καὶ αἱ κατ’ αὐτὰς ἐνέργειαι καὶ τὰ κατορθώματα καὶ τὰ λεγόμενα παρὰ τοῖς φιλοσ…
Philo Judaeus
De Plantatione
σαιτάτης καὶ ἡγεμονικωτάτης ἠξίωται· λέγεται γὰρ ὅτι τὸ ξύλον τῆς ζωῆς ἐστιν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ παραδείσου (Gen. 2, 9) —, ὁ δὲ τοῦ πολυμιγοῦς καὶ γεωδεστέρου σώματος, ἀπλάστου καὶ ἁπλῆς φύσεως ἀμέτοχος, ἧς ὁ ἀσκητὴς ἐπίσταται τὸν οἶκον καὶ τὰς αὐλὰς [τοῦ κυρίου] οἰκεῖν μόνος — Ἰακὼβ γὰρ…
Philo Judaeus
De Migratione Abrahami
ροφήν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀθανασίαν ἐπαγγέλλεται· τὸ γὰρ ξύλον τῆς ζωῆς ἐν μέσῳ τῷ παραδείσῳ φησὶ πεφυτεῦσθαι (Gen. 2, 9), τὴν ἀγαθότητα δορυφορουμένην ὑπὸ τῶν κατὰ μέρος ἀρετῶν καὶ τῶν κατ’ αὐτὰς πράξεων· αὕτη γὰρ τὸν μεσαίτατον καὶ ἄριστον ἐν ψυχῇ κεκλήρωται τόπον. ὁ δὲ ὁρῶν ἐστιν ὁ σοφό…
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