This may sound a little bit too much, but I'm no different than that animal, than that tree, than that rock.

这也许一下子很难接受，但我与各种动物没有不同，也与树木，岩石无异。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

First it may be that Adam and Eve had access to this tree up to that point. As long as their will conformed to the will of God there was no danger to their going on eternally, being immortal.

第一，亚当和夏娃很有可能，可以接近生命树,只要他们遵从上帝的旨意,此时的永生，是没有威胁的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选