Genesis 2:8 - The Message

Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden [delight]; and there He put the man whom He had formed (framed, constituted).

American Standard Version (1901)

And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Common English Bible

The LORD God planted a garden in Eden in the east and put there the human he had formed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now the Lord God had planted a Paradise of enjoyment from the beginning. In it, he placed the man whom he had formed.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.

Genesis 2:8 Cross References