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RED MEAT, GREEN MEAT, & THE GENESIS OF FOOD
Then Elohim said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth... everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.”
—Gen. 1:29
And Yehovah Elohim commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.”
—Gen. 2:16–17
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.
—Gen. 9:3