Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He placed the man He had formed.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

The LORD God planted a garden in Eden, toward the east, where he placed the man whom he had formed.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

And the Lord God planted a garden (oasis) in the east, in Eden (delight, land of happiness); and He put the man whom He had formed (created) there.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And Jehovah God will plant a garden in Eden from the east; and he will put there the man which he will form.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward in Eden. And there He put the man whom He had formed.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD God also planted a garden in Eden from the beginning, and there he set man whom he had formed.

NET Bible

The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, on the east, - and put there the man whom he had formed.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the Lord

Usage: 0

God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

נטע 
Nata` 
Usage: 58

a garden
גּן 
Gan 
Usage: 43

קדמה קדם 
Qedem 
Usage: 87

in Eden
עדן 
`Eden 
Usage: 16

and there
שׁם 
Sham 
Usage: 823

he put
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

the man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

Devotionals

Devotionals about Genesis 2:8

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Images Genesis 2:8

Prayers for Genesis 2:8

Context Readings

The Generations Of Heaven And Earth

7 Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being. 8 The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He placed the man He had formed. 9 The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.



Cross References

Ezekiel 28:13

You were in Eden, the garden of God.
Every kind of precious stone covered you:
carnelian, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire, turquoise and emerald.
Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold;
they were prepared on the day you were created.

Genesis 13:10

Lot looked out and saw that the entire Jordan Valley as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden and the land of Egypt. This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

Genesis 3:24

He drove man out and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life.

Isaiah 51:3

For the Lord will comfort Zion;
He will comfort all her waste places,
and 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 melodious song.

Joel 2:3

A fire destroys in front of them,
and behind them a flame devours.
The land in front of them
is like the Garden of Eden,
but behind them,
it is like a desert wasteland;
there is no escape from them.

Genesis 4:16

Then Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

2 Kings 19:12

Did the gods of the nations that my predecessors destroyed rescue them—nations such as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the Edenites in Telassar?

Ezekiel 27:23

Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.

Ezekiel 31:8-9

The cedars in God’s garden could not rival it;
the pine trees couldn’t compare with its branches,
nor could the plane trees match its boughs.
No tree in the garden of God
could compare with it in beauty.

Ezekiel 31:16

I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I threw it down to Sheol to be with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, all the well-watered trees, the choice and best of Lebanon, were comforted in the underworld.

Ezekiel 31:18

“Who then are you like in glory and greatness among Eden’s trees? You also will be brought down to the underworld to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his hordes”—the declaration of the Lord God.

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