- Adam [and Eve] were commanded concerning seven things:
- Idolatry,
- [Innocent] bloodshed,
- Theft,
- Blasphemy,
- Illicit sexual
activity, [and]
- Laws.
- We learn
this entirely in the chapter titled "Four Deaths"
[Chapter 7 of Tractate Sanhedrin
in the Babylonian Talmud] page
56b.
- "The L-rd
G-d commanded about the man saying, from all
the trees in the garden you may surely eat" (Genesis
2:16).
- [The Sages explain how we bring out six of
the Seven Noahide Commandments from this verse.]
- 'Commanded'
refers to establishing courts of justice,
as the verse says, "Because I have
known him [the Patriarch Abraham] for the sake of
how he commands his children ..." (Genesis).
- 'L-rd'
refers to blasphemy,
as the verse says, "Someone who
blasphemes the name of the L-rd ..."
- 'G-d' refers
to idol worship,
as the verse says, "Do not have any
other gods ..." (Exodus).
- 'the man'
refers to [innocent] bloodshed,
as the verse says, "The one who
spills the blood of a man ..." (Genesis).
- 'saying'
refers to illicit sexual activity,
exposition - ***
- 'from all
the trees in the garden' refers to theft,
exposition - ***