On the Day You Eat You Shall Surely Die

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 22:8

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"For on the day you eat of it you shall surely die" (Genesis 2:17). [The doubled wording "die you shall die" teaches:] death for Adam, death for Eve, death for him [in this generation], and death for his descendants.

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DeathAdam EveSin

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