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Genesis 2:8
And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Genesis 2:8 · American Standard Version
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Genesis 2:8 in other translations
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
The LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
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In context
5 And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth: and there was not a man to till the ground;
6 but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7 And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made Jehovah 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 the knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.
11 The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
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