E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 3:3
neither shall ye touch it. This sentence is added. Compare Genesis 2:18 , Genesis 2:17 . There is another word in this verse we need to consider, and it is the word "touch". God's command to Eve was; "neither shall ye touch it. "The Hebrew word for "touch" is # H5060 in the Strong's dictionary is ( Naga, a prime root, prop. to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon ( for the purpose; euphemism, to lie with a woman), to reach) , So we see that the warning to Adam and Eve specifically, was to stay... read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 3:2
may eat. Misquoted from Genesis 2:16 by not repeating the emphatic Figure Polyptoton , and thus omitting the emph. "freely". read more