Genesis 2:8

And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden,.... Or "had planted" (m), for this was not now done after the formation of man, but before; and so the word translated "eastward" may be rendered,…

- XI. The Garden 8. גן gan “garden, park,” παράδεισος paradeisos, “an enclosed piece of ground.” עדן ‛ēden “Eden, delight.” קדם qedem “fore-place, east; foretime.” 11. פישׁון pı̂yshôn Pishon;…

A garden eastward in Eden - Though the word עדן Eden signifies pleasure or delight, it is certainly the name of a place. See Gen 4:16; Kg2 19:12; Isa 37:12; Eze 27:23; Amo 1:5. And such places…

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…

The Garden in Eden

8. a garden More strictly "an enclosure." LXX παράδεισον, Lat. paradisum, a word borrowed from the Persian, and meaning "a park-like enclosure." Its use here has given rise to the…