Genesis 3:24

And he cast out Adam; and placed before the paradise of pleasure Cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 the Lord God sent him out of the paradise of pleasure, to till the earth from which he was taken.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:8And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.

Exodus 25:18Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle.

Joshua 5:13And when Josue was in the field of the city of Jericho, he lifted up his eyes, and saw a man standing over against him: holding a drawn sword, and he went to him, and said: Art thou one of ours, or of our adversaries?

1 Kings 6:25dummy verses inserted by amos

Psalms 80:1Unto the end, for them that shall he changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm.

Psalms 104:4Who makest thy angels spirits: and thy ministers a burning fire.

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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