do not die.10 Adam goes on to live to the ripe old age of 930.11 Interpreting the effect of the eating as a “spiritual death” comes far later in the history of exegesis; such a reading is made more difficult in the LXX, which unequivocally says Adam will “die by death” (θανάτῳ ἀποθανεῖσθε); that is, he will die utterly upon eating of the tree. The disconnect between the divine threat and the resulting punishment struck several ancient authors. One common interpretation rests on the saying that