judgment? Additionally, why did God further restrict access to the tree of life in barring humanity from the garden (Gen. 3:22–24)? Addressing this issue exegetically, one must examine the prepositional phrase בְּיוֹם (in/on the day) to determine its status and proper interpretation. Are these translations representing the best understanding of the Hebrew prepositional phrase? Or is it possible that something else is to be understood from the expression that the English idiom is obscuring?