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Genesis 2:9

Genesis 2:9
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food,.... That is, out of the ground of the garden of Eden; and this was done on the third day,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 2:8-14

- 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;…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Every tree that is pleasant to the sight, etc. - If we take up these expressions literally, they may bear the following interpretation: the tree pleasant to the sight may mean every beautiful tree or…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 2:8-15

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And out of the ground, &c. The characteristic feature of the "garden," or "enclosure," is not its flowers, but its trees. This evident, also, from the traditional belief as to the Garden, which is…