Verse 8

Genesis 2:8

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

8 And the Lord God (Elohim) had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed 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 So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them. Focus ↗
2 And on the seventh day God (Elohim) ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the seventh d... Focus ↗
3 And he blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work whi... Focus ↗
4 These are the generations of the heaven and the earth, when they were created, in the day that the L... Focus ↗
5 And every plant of the field before it spring up in the earth, and every herb of the ground before i... Focus ↗
6 But a spring rose out the earth, watering all the surface of the earth. Focus ↗
7 And the Lord God (Elohim) formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breat... Focus ↗
8 And the Lord God (Elohim) had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed m...
9 And the Lord God (Elohim) brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleas... Focus ↗
10 And a river went out the place of pleasure to water paradise, which from thence is divided into four... Focus ↗
11 The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold grow... Focus ↗
12 And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone. Focus ↗
13 And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia Focus ↗
14 And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth r... Focus ↗
15 And the Lord God (Elohim) took man, and put him into the paradise for pleasure, to dress it, and kee... Focus ↗
16 And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat: Focus ↗
17 But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. for in what day soever thou shalt... Focus ↗
18 And the Lord God (Elohim) said: It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto... Focus ↗
19 And the Lord God (Elohim) having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the f... Focus ↗
20 And Adam called all the beasts by their names, and all the fowls of the air, and all the cattle of t... Focus ↗
21 Then the Lord God (Elohim) cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of... Focus ↗
22 And the Lord God (Elohim) built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Ada... Focus ↗
23 And Adam said: This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, becau... Focus ↗
24 Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two i... Focus ↗
25 And they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed. Focus ↗