Verse 8
Genesis 2:8
World English Bible, British Edition
8
The LORD God (Elohim) planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the
man whom he had formed.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּטַּ֞ע יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהִ֛ים גַּן בְ/עֵ֖דֶן מִ/קֶּ֑דֶם וַ/יָּ֣שֶׂם שָׁ֔ם אֶת הָֽ/אָדָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָצָֽר
English Translation
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, eastward, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
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Chapter 2 Context
1
The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
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2
On the seventh day God (Elohim) finished his work which he had done; and he rested
on the seventh da...
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3
God (Elohim) blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it
from all his work of...
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4
This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the
earth when they were created, in th...
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5
No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had
yet sprung up; for the LORD...
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6
but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the
ground.
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7
The LORD God (Elohim) formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into
his nostrils the bre...
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8
The LORD God (Elohim) planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the
man whom he had forme...
9
Out of the ground the LORD God (Elohim) made every tree to grow that is pleasant
to the sight, and g...
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10
A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was
parted, and became the source of...
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11
The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of
Havilah, where there is gold;
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12
and the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.
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13
The name of the second river is Gihon. It is the same river that flows
through the whole land of Cus...
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14
The name of the third river is Hiddekel. This is the one which flows
in front of Assyria. The fourth...
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15
The LORD God (Elohim) took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate
and keep it.
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16
The LORD God (Elohim) commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every
tree of the garden;
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17
but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil;
for in the day that you eat of...
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18
The LORD God (Elohim) said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I
will make him a helper compar...
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19
Out of the ground the LORD God (Elohim) formed every animal of the field, and
every bird of the sky,...
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20
The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and
to every animal of the field;...
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21
The LORD God (Elohim) caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept,
he took one of his...
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22
The LORD God (Elohim) made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man,
and brought her to...
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23
The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh.
She will be called ‘woman,’ beca...
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24
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join
with his wife, and they will be...
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25
The man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
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