Genesis 2:8
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.”
גַּן
Garden, an enclosed place. Gan. God planted a garden and placed man in it. He put us in a place of beauty and provision. That is still His intention.
קֶדֶם
East
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קֶדֶם
the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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יָצַר
he had formed
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יָצַר
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
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שָׁם
there
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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עֵדֶן
Eden
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עֵדֶן
Eden, the region of Adam's home
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