Genesis 3:24

And he cast out Adam and caused him to dwell over against the garden of Delight, and stationed the cherubs and the fiery sword that turns about to keep the way of 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

23So the Lord God sent him forth out of the garden of Delight to cultivate the ground out of which he was taken.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:8And God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and placed there the man whom he had formed.

Exodus 25:18And thou shalt make two cherubs graven in gold, and thou shalt put them on both sides of the propitiatory.

Joshua 5:13And it came to pass when Joshua was in Jericho, that he looked up with his eyes and saw a man standing before him, and there was a drawn sword in his hand; and Joshua drew near and said to him, Art thou for us or on the side of our enemies?

1 Kings 6:25Thus it was with the other cherub, both were alike finished with one measure.

Psalms 80:1For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the winepresses. 1

Psalms 104:4Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened; 1 Seek his face continually. 1

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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