Parallel Verses

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.

Holman Bible

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

References

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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 man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. 8 The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. 9 Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Cross References

Ezekiel 28:13

“You were in Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your covering:
The ruby, the topaz and the diamond;
The beryl, the onyx and the jasper;
The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald;
And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets,
Was in you.
On the day that you were created
They were prepared.

Genesis 13:10

Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar.

Genesis 3:24

So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.

Isaiah 51:3

Indeed, the Lord will comfort Zion;
He will comfort all her waste places.
And her wilderness He will make like Eden,
And her desert like the garden of the Lord;
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

Joel 2:3

A fire consumes before them
And behind them a flame burns.
The land is like the garden of Eden before them
But a desolate wilderness behind them,
And nothing at all escapes them.

Genesis 4:16

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

2 Kings 19:12

Did the gods of those nations which my fathers destroyed deliver them, even Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?

Ezekiel 27:23

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

Ezekiel 31:8-9

‘The cedars in God’s garden could not match it;
The cypresses could not compare with its boughs,
And the plane trees could not match its branches.
No tree in God’s garden could compare with it in its beauty.

Ezekiel 31:16

I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I made it go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the well-watered trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, were comforted in the earth beneath.

Ezekiel 31:18

“To which among the trees of Eden are you thus equal in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. So is Pharaoh and all his hordes!”’ declares the Lord God.”

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