וַיַּצְמַ֞ח יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה כָּל־עֵ֛ץ נֶחְמָ֥ד לְמַרְאֶ֖ה וְט֣וֹב לְמַאֲכָ֑ל וְעֵ֤ץ הַֽחַיִּים֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַגָּ֔ן וְעֵ֕ץ הַדַּ֖עַת ט֥וֹב וָרָֽע׃
L’Éternel-Dieu fit surgir du sol toute espèce d’arbres, beaux à voir et propres à la nourriture; et l’arbre de vie au milieu du jardin, avec l’arbre de la science du bien et du mal.
On the Migration of Abraham
[37] This tree offers not nourishment only but immortality also, for we are told that the Tree of Life has been planted in the midst of the Garden (Gen. 2:9), even Goodness with the particular virtues and the doings which accord with them to be its bodyguard. For it is Virtue that has obtained as its own the central and most honourable place in the soul.
The Midrash of Philo
Why does Moses say that every tree in the Paradise was beautiful to look upon and good to eat? (Genesis 2:9)?
The Midrash of Philo
What is meant by the tree of life, and why it was placed in the middle of the Paradise? (Genesis 2:9).