Is there one or two trees in the midst of the garden of Eden?

Theory: The tree of life in the garden of Eden is one in the same as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

My proof of this is found in the way it is written in the original Hebrew, and its location. (see the links below to view the verses Genesis 2:9,3:3,3:22 in the Interlinear format)

Here are the verses to look at.

Genesis 2:9 (KJV)

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> And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also [in the midst] of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
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Genesis 3:3 (KJV)

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> But of the fruit of the tree which is [in the midst] of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
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Genesis 3:22 (KJV)

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> 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:
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You might then ask: If it is the tree of life, and Adam ate from it, why did they die?

My answer is that they disobeyed the command not to eat from it, and were blocked access to it. Although it gave them long life and knowledge, it must be eaten on a continual basis, to continue living. The Hebrew words in brackets are the confusing words in question. They can be read as follows:

Genesis 2:9

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> And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also [in the center]⁸⁴³² of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
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Genesis 3:3

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> But of the fruit of the tree which is [in the center]⁸⁴³² of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
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If there are two trees, we now know both are in the same location, although not necessarily the same trees; however, Adam’s wife is here saying she cannot eat from the tree in the center of the garden, that is to say, she cannot eat from the tree of life mentioned in Gen2.9, since it too is in the center of the Garden, thus they must be the same tree since all other trees are available for food.(see Gen 3.2&2.16,17) Moreover, she only mentions one tree.

Genesis 3:22

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> 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 [again]¹⁵⁷¹ of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
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H8432   (Strong)  

‎תָּוֶךְ  

tâvek  

taw'-vek  

From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, that is, (by implication) the centre: - among (-st), X between, half, X (there-, where-) in (-to), middle, mid [-night], midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with (-in).  

Total KJV occurrences: 419

H1571   (Strong)  

‎גַּם  

gam  

gam  

By contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correlation both... and: - again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so) . . . and, but, either . . . or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay . . . neither, one, then (-refore), though, what, with, yea.  

Total KJV occurrences: 761

<https://scripture4all.org/OnlineInterlinear/OTpdf/gen2.pdf>

<https://scripture4all.org/OnlineInterlinear/OTpdf/gen3.pdf>

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