Genesis 2:8-15
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east,(A) and there He placed the man He had formed. 9 The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden,(B) as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.(C)
10 A river went[a] out from Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became the source of four rivers.[b] 11 The name of the first is Pishon, which flows through the entire land of Havilah,[c](D) where there is gold. 12 Gold from that land is pure;[d] bdellium[e] and onyx[f] are also there. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon, which flows through the entire land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris,(E) which runs east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.(F)
15 The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.
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- Genesis 2:10 Or goes
- Genesis 2:10 Lit became four heads
- Genesis 2:11 Or of the Havilah
- Genesis 2:12 Lit good
- Genesis 2:12 A yellowish, transparent gum resin
- Genesis 2:12 Identity of this precious stone uncertain
Genesis 2:8-15
King James Version
8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And 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.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
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Ezekiel 36:35
Holman Christian Standard Bible
35 Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden.(A) The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’
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Ezekiel 36:35
King James Version
35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
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