Thanks for the welcome Bopeep.
The verse I supplied above tells us we were allowed to eat from every tree that contains seeds right? That would indicate to me that either:
God had made an incomplete statement in this verse regarding the fact that we could eat from every tree that had seeds (because if the Knowledge Tree had seeds we were not to eat from it).
or
The Knowledge tree had no seeds
If God had made an incomplete statement (He said "every" when it really wasn't so), can anyone clue me in as to how we would know (not assume) that God had indeed made the incomplete statement?
God speaks as He wishes to speak! And He speaks only the truth.
Why does it matter so much to you?
It's a curiosity - I think it's an interesting notion that the Tree of the Knowlege of Good and Evil "may not have" produced seeds. It has interesting ramifications given all the places that seed is mentioned in scripture.
What would be the ramifications, might I ask?
clb
(Also, does anyone know whether there are edible seedless plants? My botany is appalling).
Frankly I find the forum a bit too edgy to try to learn and share ideas. I'm not crying here, it's ok. In light of this I will not offer opinions, but just suggestions to look at. Think of places in scripture that mention seed. Like how we are born of incorruptable seed, like how the Israelites were not to mix seed types in a field, like how as long as the earth remains, the Lord told Noah that seed time and harvest would remain. What could these things mean. For example the Lord wasn't concerned with oxen when He told the Israelites that they were not to muzzle the ox while he threshed was He? (Deut 25:4, I Tim 5:18). We know the law is our tutor to lead us to Christ, right? So what is the Lord saying in these things regarding seed, and how the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil apparently was seedless (since man was allowed to eat from every tree that bore seed)?