Genesis 3:24
He drove out Adam and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim, and the blazing whirling sword, to bar the way to the tree of life.
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
In Context
23So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he had been taken.
Cross References
Genesis 2:8The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, far in the East; and placed the human he had formed there.
Joshua 5:13One day, when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing before him, holding a drawn sword. Joshua went up to him and said, ‘Are you for us, or are you for our enemies?’
Psalms 80:1Listen, Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock of sheep; from your throne on the cherubs shine forth
Psalms 104:4He takes the winds for his messengers, the fire and the flame for his servants.
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 →