Genesis 2:8

New American Bible - revised edition

The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and placed there the man whom he had formed.

Cross References

Genesis 13:10

Lot looked about and saw how abundantly watered the whole Jordan Plain was as far as Zoar, like the Lord’s own garden, or like Egypt. This was before the Lord had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

Genesis 3:23

The Lord God therefore banished him from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he had been taken.

Genesis 3:24

He expelled the man, stationing the cherubim and the fiery revolving sword east of the garden of Eden, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Genesis 4:16

Cain then left the Lord’s presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. Descendants of Cain and Seth.

2 Kings 19:12

Did the gods of the nations whom my fathers destroyed deliver them—Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, or the Edenites in Telassar?

Isaiah 51:3

Yes, the Lord shall comfort Zion, shall comfort all her ruins; Her wilderness he shall make like Eden, her wasteland like the garden of the Lord; Joy and gladness shall be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of song.

Ezekiel 27:23

Haran, Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad,

Ezekiel 28:13

In Eden, the garden of God, you lived; precious stones of every kind were your covering: Carnelian, topaz, and beryl, chrysolite, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, garnet, and emerald. Their mounts and settings were wrought in gold, fashioned for you the day you were created.

Ezekiel 31:16

At the sound of its fall, I made nations shudder, When I cast it down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit. In the underworld all the trees of Eden took comfort: Lebanon’s choicest and best, all that were fed by the waters.

Ezekiel 31:18

To whom among the trees of Eden do you compare in glory and greatness? You will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the underworld, And lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. Such is Pharaoh and all his hordes— oracle of the Lord God.

Joel 2:3

Before it, fire devours, behind it flame scorches. The land before it is like the garden of Eden, and behind it, a desolate wilderness; from it nothing escapes.