Genesis 2:8-17 — FBV

Read Genesis 2:8-17 (Free Bible Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 2.8-17, Genesis 2v8-17, Gen. 2:8-17. The Lord planted a garden in Eden, in the east. There he put the man Adam he had created. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow in the garden, beautiful t…

8 The Lord planted a garden in Eden, in the east. There he put the man Adam he had created.

9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow in the garden, beautiful trees and trees producing fruit that's good to eat. The tree of life was in the middle of the garden, along with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 A river flowed out from Eden to water the garden. From there it split into four branches.

11 The first branch was called the Pishon and it flowed through the whole land of Havilah, where gold is found.

12 (The gold from that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx stone are also found there.)

13 The second branch was called the Gihon and it flowed through the whole land of Cush.

14 The third branch was called the Tigris and it flowed east of the city of Asshur. The fourth branch was called the Euphrates.

15 The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and care for it.

16 The Lord God ordered Adam, “You are free to eat fruit from every tree in the garden,

17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because the day you eat from it you are certain to die.”

Passage themes

The planted garden — planted a garden
Eden in the east — eastward in Eden
The orchard of Eden — every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food
Living forever — the tree of life also in the midst of the garden
Forbidden knowledge — the tree of knowledge of good and evil
The riches of the land — the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium
A precious stone — the onyx stone
The Tigris river — the name of the third river is Hiddekel
The land of Assyria — that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria
The great Euphrates river — the fourth river is Euphrates
The first man — took the man
The entrusted garden — put him into the garden of Eden
The Creator's command — And the LORD God commanded the man
A freedom given — Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat
The forbidden tree — the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
The sentence of death — thou shalt surely die

Notes and references

“Bdellium”: later references state that this is an aromatic resin. Whether this is the same substance as mentioned here is not known.
“Cush”: in much of the Old Testament this is another name for Ethiopia; whether this is so here is uncertain.
“Tigris”: literally “Hiddekel,” thought to be the old Hebrew name for the Tigris. See also Daniel 10:4.
“Euphrates”: literally “Parat,” usually thought to be synonymous with the Euphrates.

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Bereshit : « Au commencement » Le mot « Genèse » vient du grec genesis, qui signifie « origine ». En hébreu, le livre s'appelle Bereshit, « Au commencement », son tout premier mot.

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Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

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