What kind of tree were Adam and Eve not to eat from?

Answer 1

The fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Somehow this has in the popular imagination morphed into "an apple", though it probably wasn't. (The pomegranate has also been suggested; this is at least symbolically more fitting, because pomegranate juice looks like blood.) It's at least equally possible that it's some fruit that isn't known today because it only existed in the Garden (the Tree of Life is also mentioned, and it at least pretty clearly existed only in the Garden, since an angel with a flaming sword was set to guard it to prevent Adam and Eve from eating that too and gaining eternal life).

According to some scholars, the particular fruit didn't matter and there was nothing "magic" or "spiritual" about it ... other than that it was the one fruit they were forbidden from eating. In this interpretation, the "knowledge of good and evil" obtained was not some intrinsic property of the fruit itself, but rather the knowledge that they had disobeyed God (and therefore done "evil").

Answer 2

A:

There were actually two trees from which Adam and Eve were not to eat the fruit.

According to Genesis chapter 3, God had forbidden them to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil because, by eating it, they would becom god-like. We see at Genesis 3:22 what happened when they disobeyed and ate that fruit: "now the man is become like one of us." Man became like the gods, except that he was still mortal. So that he would not now eat of the Tree of Life and thus become immortal, God sent Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and placed cherubim and a flaming sword to keep (block) the path to the Tree of Life (Genesis 3:24).

Answer 3

In the Old Testament the tree is referred to as "knowing good and evil" tree.

according to some interpretation it was wheat which symbolizes man overcoming nature.

while according to the common portray in art it was apple.

Answer 4

A:For some reason, many people simply assume that the tree they were not supposed to eat from was an apple tree, but there is no scriptural support for this.

Genesis 2:17 explicitly states that Adam was not to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. After Adam had eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, he then knew that one day he would die. He also knew that the fruit of the Tree of Life would give him immortality. God drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and placed cherubim and a flaming sword at the entrance to keep or block the path to the Tree of Life (Genesis 3:24). This was the second tree forbidden to them.

A:Adam and Eve were not supposed to eat from two trees, the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge. They ate from the tree of Knowledge.

Answer 5

A:In the story of the Garden of Eden, there were actually two trees that Adam and Eve could not eat from, the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and the Tree of Life. However, God knew that they would have no interest in eating from the Tree of Life until they had the knowledge that the would die, so he only told Adam not to eat fruit from the first tree.

After Adam had eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, he then knew that one day he would die. He also knew that the fruit of the Tree of Life would give him immortality. God drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and placed cherubim and a flaming sword at the entrance to keep or block the path to the Tree of Life (Genesis 3:24). This was the second tree forbidden to them.

Another Answer:

Genesis 2:16-17New King James Version (NKJV)

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."

Answer 6

A:Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. By eating this fruit, they became god-like (Genesis 3:22: "now the man is become like one of us"). Since no fruit can really make humans god-like, there was no fruit and therefore no Tree of Knowledge. This was a myth intended to explain important moral values, not record history as it really happened. A:The Bible does not say (Genesis 3:2-6) A:No one knows because scripture does not say. It is only called the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of good and Evil. There has been speculation throughout history that has identified it as a banana, apple, orange, uglifruit, kiwi, and even a tomato (although tomatoes don't grow on trees), but this is all only speculation. It may not even be a fruit that is still around today, for all we know.

it is not an apple, orange, uglifruit, kiwi or an unknown fruit. the fruit of the apple tree is the apple,the orange tree bears Oranges, uglifruit come from the tree of the same name and so forth( each bares after its own kind). the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil 's name is simple. it is the knowledge of good and evil. just as you gain the benefits of each of the above fruits mentioned, they gained knowledge of good and evil from eating the knowledge of good and evil fruit. previously they only knew good and evil had no place in the garden.

Answer 7

There were two forbidden trees in the Garden of Eden - the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and the Tree of Life. Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat of either.

Some scholars say that Genesis depicts Adam and Eve, in their innocent state, as being unaware that they must die one day, so eating of the Tree of Life was of no interest to them. They ate of the Tree of Knowledge and learnt to understand good and evil, including that they would one day die.

They had already eaten of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and were now like gods (Genesis 3:22: "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us..."), except that they were still mortal. By eating of the Tree of Life, they would then also be immortal.

In Genesis 3:24, God drove out the man and placed at the entrance of the Garden of Eden, cherubim and a flaming sword to keep [block] the way of the tree of life.

Answer 8

the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. ...Genesis 2:17

Answer 9

An apple tree

Actually the bible never tells you what they eat because it's not important!

Answer 10

The type of fruit is not known. Modern depictions of the fruit as an apple are only imaginative interpretations.