Genesis 3:24

And he cast out Adam. And in front of the Paradise of enjoyment, he placed the Cherubim with a flaming sword, turning together, to guard the way to the tree of life.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

23And so the Lord God sent him away from the Paradise of enjoyment, in order to work the earth from which he was taken.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:8Now the Lord God had planted a Paradise of enjoyment from the beginning. In it, he placed the man whom he had formed.

Exodus 25:18Likewise, you shall make two Cherubim of formed gold, on both sides of the oracle.

Joshua 5:13And when Joshua was in the field of the city of Jericho, he lifted up his eyes, and he saw a man standing opposite him, holding a drawn sword. And he went to him and said, “Are you one of ours, or one of our adversaries?”

1 Kings 6:25Likewise, the second cherub was ten cubits. And the measure was equal and the work was one, in the two cherubim,

Psalms 80:1Unto the end. For the wine and oil presses. A Psalm of Asaph himself.

Psalms 104:4Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:23-24

Adam and Eve Expelled from Eden. ( b. c. 4004.) 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: 23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 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.… Read the whole commentary →

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