The Tree of Life

Gen 2:9 (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.

Gen 2:16-17 (KJV)

16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Gen 3:2-3 (KJV)

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

The Tree of Life was clearly in the midst of the garden. Did God tell Eve, or Adam, not to eat from the Tree of Life? There seems to be some confusion! We won't get the intended message if we just dismiss this. The tension in the details is a technique to either allow confusion or clarify truth, which ever way it goes.

Two Trees of the Garden