What KIND of fruit was produced by the trees of Life
and of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden?

Q. In the Garden of Eden what was the Fruit of the Tree of Life? And what was the Fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?

A. The tree of life is only mentioned in Genesis 2:9, 3:22, 24 and in Revelation 2:7, 22:2, 14.

"And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. " (Genesis 2:8-9)

"And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. " (Genesis 3:22-24)

"He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God." (Revelation 2:7)

"And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations. . . . Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." (Revelation 22:1-2, 14)

These two trees were really a matter of whether mankind would be obedient and trust God. When considered in this light, the fruit of the tree of life is "life itself".

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is only mentioned in Genesis 2:9, 17 and it is referred to in Genesis 3:3, 11, 17, 22:

"And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. . . . But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. " (Genesis 2:8-9, 17)

"But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. . . . And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

"And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life; . . .

"And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: " (Genesis 3:3, 11, 17, 22)

Again, the Bible does not tell us what type of physical fruit was on this tree in the Garden of Eden.

The choice of the tree of knowledge of good and evil is typical of mankind's desire to decide for themselves what is to be considered good and evil. In a spiritual sense, the "fruit" of the tree of knowledge would be death for God said, "for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die."