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Genesis 2:8

Eden
Creation

6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

9 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.

10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

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BSB
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
KJV
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
WEB
The LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
ASV
And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
DARBY
And Jehovah Elohim planted a garden in Eden eastward, and there put Man whom he had formed.
BLB
And YHWH God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and He put there the man whom He had formed.
ÅB
Og Gud Herren plantet en have i Eden, i Østen, og der satte han mennesket som han hadde dannet.
OTB
Herren Gud plantet en hage i øst, i Eden; og der plasserte Han mannen Han hadde formet.
B1930
Og Gud Herren plantet en have i Eden, i Østen, og der satte han mennesket som han hadde dannet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 3:24

    So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

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  • Ezekiel 28:13

    Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

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  • Genesis 13:10

    And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

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  • 2 Kings 19:12

    Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?

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  • Genesis 4:16

    And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

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  • Ezekiel 31:8–9

    The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

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  • Joel 2:3

    A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

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  • Isaiah 51:3

    For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

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