Home / Genesis / Genesis 2:8 Genesis 2:8 Genesis 2:8 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.
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8 The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.
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8 The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.
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8 And the Lord God 2:8 This is a reference, not to the creation of plant life in general, but to the planting of specific plants in the Garden of Eden (2:8, 9). planted a garden (oasis) in the east, in Eden (delight, land of happiness); and He put the man whom He had formed (created) there.
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8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
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8 The Lord God had planted a garden in the east in Eden. He put in the garden the man he had formed.
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