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Genesis 2:8

NETBible	The Lord God planted an orchard¹ in the east,² in Eden;³ and there he placed the man he had formed.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Gen 2:8	Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 2:8	The LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 2:8	Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he placed the man he had created.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 2:8	Then GOD planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 2:8	And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 2:8	And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 2:8	The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
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KJV	And the LORD <03068> God <0430> planted <05193> (8799) a garden <01588> eastward <06924> in Eden <05731>_; and there <08033> he put <07760> (8799) the man <0120> whom <0834> he had formed <03335> (8804)_.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 2:8	The LORD <03068> God <0430> planted <05193> a garden <01588> toward <04480> the east <06924> , in Eden <05731> ; and there <08033> He placed <07760> the man <0120> whom <0834> He had formed <03335> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ efuteusen <5452> V-AAI-3S kuriov <2962> N-NSM o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM paradeison <3857> N-ASM en <1722> PREP edem {N-PRI} kata <2596> PREP anatolav <395> N-APF kai <2532> CONJ eyeto <5087> V-AMI-3S ekei <1563> ADV ton <3588> T-ASM anyrwpon <444> N-ASM on <3739> R-ASM eplasen <4111> V-AAI-3S
NET [draft] ITL	The Lord <03068> God <0430> planted <05193> an orchard <01588> in the east <06924> , in Eden <05731> ; and there <08033> he placed <07760> the man <0120> he had formed <03335> .
HEBREW	ruy <03335> rsa <0834> Mdah <0120> ta <0853> Ms <08033> Mvyw <07760> Mdqm <06924> Ndeb <05731> Ng <01588> Myhla <0430> hwhy <03068> ejyw (2:8) <05193>

NETBible

The Lord God planted an orchard¹ in the east,² in Eden;³ and there he placed the man he had formed.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Traditionally “garden,” but the subsequent description of this “garden” makes it clear that it is an orchard of fruit trees.

¹sn The Lord God planted an orchard. Nothing is said of how the creation of this orchard took place. A harmonization with chap. 1 might lead to the conclusion that it was by decree, prior to the creation of human life. But the narrative sequence here in chap. 2 suggests the creation of the garden followed the creation of the man. Note also the past perfect use of the perfect in the relative clause in the following verse.

²tn Heb “from the east” or “off east.”

²sn One would assume this is east from the perspective of the land of Israel, particularly since the rivers in the area are identified as the rivers in those eastern regions.

³sn The name Eden (עֵדֶן, ’eden) means “pleasure” in Hebrew.

⁴tn The perfect verbal form here requires the past perfect translation since it describes an event that preceded the event described in the main clause.