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Genesis 2:8 KJV
Genesis · chapter 2 · verse 8
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.Genesis 2:8 · King James Version
Genesis 2:8 in context
6But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- eastwardqedemthe front, of place or timeH6924 →
- plantednâṭaʻproperly, to strike inH5193 →
- gardengana gardenH1588 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- EdenʻÊdenEden, the region of Adam's homeH5731 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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Man consisting of body and soul, a body made out of the earth and a rational immortal soul the breath of heaven, we have, in these verses, the provision that was made for the happiness of both; he that made him took care to make him happy, if he could but have kept himself so and known when he was well off.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-15