In the Greek translation of the Old Testament in the second century CE, Symmachus translated the phrase מות תמות as θνητος εση (“you will become mortal”). This translation implies Adam and Eve’s loss of an original immortal status. Modern scholars, such as Budde, Speiser and Cassuto etc., also argue that the humans became mortal on that day, translating the phrase as “you shall be doomed to death,” therefore seeing the origin of the physical death of any human being as the consequences of the violation of the command. Occasionally, this interpretation is further supported by the suggestion that the translation of the prepositional phrase ביום “on the day” as a twenty-four hour day is too literal and should be translated more broadly as something like “when” or “if.” Following this line of argument, it is presumed that the nature of death is physical. The second argument we often encounter is as follows: it is possible to interpret the phrase ביום literally, that is, “in the day”, but the death warning itself should not be taken literally. Rather, it should be interpreted metaphorically or symbolically, for example. John C. Collins has argued that death here refers to spiritual death, while others see it as breaking the relationship between God and human beings.