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Originally Posted by SpeakersCorner
1. The grammar/punctuation
In Gen. 2:9 the Darby translation renders the key portion like this:
"... and the tree of life, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil."
The two commas enclosing "in the midst of the garden" render it a parenthetical phrase modifying the "tree of life" and do NOT apply to the tree of knowledge. In fact, if you change the commas to parentheses it clearly excludes the tree of knowledge. That's a possible rendering.
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Aahhh, WL very likely grew up with this translation, and thus his POV. Thanks for researching.
Also, it suggests that dwelling on this particular topic is a waste of time, unless one of us is an expert in Hebrew.