Lot looked out and saw that the entire plain of the Jordan as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden and the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 2:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he placed the man he had formed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Lot looked out and saw that the entire plain of the Jordan as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden and the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
So the Lord God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.
He drove the man out and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life.
Then Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Did the gods of the nations that my predecessors destroyed rescue them #– #nations such as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the Edenites in Telassar?
For the Lord will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places, and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.
You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone covered you: carnelian, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold; they were prepared on the day you were created.
I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I threw it down to Sheol to be with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were comforted in the underworld.
‘ “Who then are you like in glory and greatness among Eden’s trees? You also will be brought down to the underworld to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his hordes. This is the declaration of the Lord God.” ’
A fire devours in front of them, and behind them a flame blazes. The land in front of them is like the garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland; there is no escape from them.