Genesis 2:8

In 11 translations

BSB

And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

KJV

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

WEB

Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

ASV

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

LSV

And YHWH God plants a garden in Eden, at the east, and He sets there the man whom He has formed;

YLT

And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;

DBY

And Jehovah Elohim planted a garden in Eden eastward, and there put Man whom he had formed.

DRC

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

GNV

And the Lord God planted a garden Eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had made.

JPS

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

LXXE

And God planted a garden eastward in Edem, and placed there the man whom he had formed.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיִּטַּ֞ע יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהִ֛ים גַּן־בְעֵ֖דֶן מִקֶּ֑דֶם וַיָּ֣שֶׂם שָׁ֔ם אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָצָֽר׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐφύτευσεν ὁ Θεὸς παράδεισον ἐν Ἐδὲμ κατὰ ἀνατολάς· καὶ ἔθετο ἐκεῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ὃν ἔπλασε.

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• Adam and Eve: the garden and the fall God places the man in Eden and forbids him to eat from one tree. A serpent challenges the death warning; the woman and her husband eat, blam…

Cross-references most cited first

• Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold,…
• Genesis 3:24So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
• Genesis 13:10And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
• Ezekiel 31:8–9The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty. I made it…
• 2 Kings 19:12Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
• Genesis 4:16So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
• Joel 2:3Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland— surely nothing will escape them.
• Isaiah 51:3For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and…
• Ezekiel 31:16I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were…
• Ezekiel 27:23Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.
• Ezekiel 31:18Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the…

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