JIMINZ
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The Law set before them was a part of God's Creations, as was the Penalties for disobedience to said Law.
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil has within it's Fruit DEATH it causes Death both Spiritual and Physical.
The Penalties as you call them were not imposed by God for disobedience, they come from the Tree itself.
God was instructing Adam that Death resides withing the Fruit, not Commanding him not to eat of it or I will kill you, (Cause you to Die) if you disobey Me.
There is also the Tree of Life in the Garden and in the Fruit of that Tree is Eternal life, anyone eating of that Tree will live Forever.
Gen. 3:22
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:
The only thing God could do at that point was hide the Tree of Life from Mankind.
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