Genesis 2:8

Adonai God planted a garden eastward, in Eden [Delight], and there he put the man whom he had formed.

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

In Context

7Adonai God formed and framed a human from the dust of ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breaths of lives; and man became a living soul. + 2:7. Quoted in 1 Cor 15:45 + 2:7 Day 6b: God yatzar ·formed, framed· the 'adam ·human· from the ground dust. God breathes the nish'mat chayim ·breaths of lives· into the human and the human becomes a nefesh chai ·soul living·. Unique to other creatures with a living soul, humans are given both soul and spirit, that is physical life and spiritual life united.

9Out of the ground Adonai God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the 'etz chai ·tree of life· in the middle of the garden + 2:9. Quoted in Rev 2:7 and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. + 2:9 Day 6a: God creates various plants to populate the earth. In a special place, Gan-'Eden ·Garden Paradise, Garden Delight·, God interacts with the first humans. In this place is the 'etz chai ·tree of life· and the tree of knowledge of tov v' rah ·good and evil·. Humans are given both work and sustenance.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:24So he gahrash ·relationally divorced· the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Genesis 13:10Lot [Veil, Covering] lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan [Descender], that it was well-watered everywhere, before Adonai destroyed Sodom [Burning] and Gomorrah [Rebellious people, Tyrants], like the garden of Adonai, like the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], as you go to Zoar [Small].

Isaiah 51:3For Adonai has comforted Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking]. 2 He has comforted all her waste places, 2 and has made her wilderness like Eden [Delight], 2 and her desert like the garden of Adonai. 1 Joy and gladness will be found therein, 2 thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 2:5-8

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, 5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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