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What was the bible quote about the tree of life?


Not the one at the start of the movie but it was said somewhere in the middle. It was something about how Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge so god hid the tree of life from them. Does anyone know the quote? And is it a real quote from the bible? Do people believe in a real tree of life that makes you immortal?

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This comes from the Genesis account in the Bible regarding the Garden of Eden. The fall of mankind, as some people call it, is what the film refers to; the reason we get old and die.
Genesis 2:9 makes the first mention of "the tree of life"
Genesis 2:17 is where a 2nd, forbidden tree is identified as "the tree of the knowledge of good and bad"

Read the rest of the account for yourself in Genesis chapter 3- http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwt/E/2013/1/3#study=discover

Consequently, the tree of life in again mentioned in the last book of the Bible, Revelation. See Revelation 2:7

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