Genesis 2:8

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

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  • Ezek 28:13 : 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was your covering: ruby, topaz, and diamond; beryl, onyx, and jasper; sapphire, turquoise, and emerald; and gold. The workmanship of your settings and mountings was prepared for you on the day you were created.
  • Gen 13:10 : 10 Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the entire plain of the Jordan 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.
  • Gen 3:24 : 24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden He placed cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.
  • Isa 51:3 : 3 For the Lord comforts Zion; He comforts all her ruins. He will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.
  • Joel 2:3 : 3 Before them, fire devours; behind them, flames blaze. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is a desolate wilderness—nothing escapes them.
  • Ezek 27:23 : 23 Haran, Canneh, and Eden, as well as the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad, traded with you.
  • Gen 4:16 : 16 So Cain went out from the LORD’s presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
  • 2 Kgs 19:12 : 12 Did the gods of the nations that my fathers destroyed rescue them—nations such as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?
  • Ezek 31:8-9 : 8 The cedars in God's garden could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare to its branches, and the plane trees were not like its boughs. No tree in the garden of God was equal to it in beauty. 9 I made it beautiful with its many branches, and all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, envied it.
  • Ezek 31:16 : 16 I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to Sheol along with those who descend to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the lower earth.
  • Ezek 31:18 : 18 To whom can you be compared in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet you too will be brought down to the lower earth, lying among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Lord GOD.

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  • Gen 2:15-19
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    88%

    15 The LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to take care of it.

    16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, 'You may surely eat from any tree of the garden,'

    17 'but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will surely die.'

    18 Then the LORD God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is suitable for him.'

    19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground every beast of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them. Whatever the man called each living creature, that became its name.

  • Gen 2:9-11
    3 verses
    86%

    9 The LORD God caused every tree that is beautiful in appearance and good for food to grow out of the ground, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

    10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became four rivers.

    11 The name of the first is Pishon, which circles through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

  • Gen 3:21-24
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    21 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.

    22 Then the LORD God said, 'Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever—'

    23 So the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

    24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden He placed cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

  • Gen 2:4-7
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    4 These are the records of the heavens and the earth when they were created, on the day the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.

    5 No bush of the field had yet appeared on the earth, and no plant of the field had sprouted, for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no one to work the ground.

    6 But a mist would rise from the earth and water the entire surface of the ground.

    7 Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

  • Gen 3:6-9
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    6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.

    7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

    8 They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden during the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

    9 But the LORD God called out to the man and said to him, 'Where are you?'

  • Eccl 2:5-6
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    5 I made gardens and parks for myself and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.

    6 I made reservoirs of water to irrigate groves of flourishing trees.

  • Gen 1:11-12
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    73%

    11 Then God said, 'Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds, on the earth.' And it was so.

    12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

  • Ps 80:8-9
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    8 God of Hosts, restore us! Make your face shine upon us so that we may be saved.

    9 You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.

  • Gen 2:21-22
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    21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and while he slept, He took one of his ribs and closed up the place with flesh.

    22 Then the LORD God formed the rib He had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man.

  • 5 Then it took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil, placing it by abundant waters like a willow.

  • Gen 1:26-29
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    26 Then God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the creatures that move along the ground.'

    27 So God created mankind in his own image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

    28 God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and every living creature that moves on the ground.'

    29 Then God said, 'Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that bears fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

  • Gen 5:1-2
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    1 This is the record of the generations of Adam. When God created mankind, He made them in the likeness of God.

    2 He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them 'Mankind' on the day they were created.

  • Gen 3:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

    1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, 'Did God really say, you shall not eat from any tree in the garden?'

    2 The woman said to the serpent, 'We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden.'

    3 'But of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.''

  • Gen 3:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11 He said, 'Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?'

    12 The man said, 'The woman you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.'

  • 9 I made it beautiful with its many branches, and all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, envied it.

  • 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

  • 8 It was planted in fertile soil by abundant waters to produce branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.

  • 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

  • 16 So Cain went out from the LORD’s presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

  • 8 God called the vault 'sky.' And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.