Genesis 2:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Genesis 2:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- XI. The Garden 8. גן gan “garden, park,” παράδεισος paradeisos , “an enclosed piece of ground.” עדן ‛ ēden “Eden, delight.” קדם qedem “fore-place, east; foretime.” 11. פ...
Genesis 2:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in (f) Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. (f) This was the name of a place, as some think in Mesopotamia, most pleasant and abundant in all...
Genesis 2:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

J's Story of Creation and Paradise Lost. This story does not belong to P, for it is free from its characteristics in style, vocabulary, and point of view. It is distinguished from P's creation stor...
Genesis 2:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

verses 8-14 Figure of speech Parecbasis. App-6. garden. This garden may be additional to Genesis 1:11 ; Genesis 1:12 ; Genesis 2:4 ; Genesis 2:5 -. That creation concerns the "plants of...
Genesis 2:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. And the Lord God planted (117) Moses now adds the condition and rule of living which were given to man. And, first, he narrates in what part of the world he was placed, and what a happy...
Genesis 2:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. A garden eastward in Eden - Though the word עדן Eden signifies pleasure or delight, it is certainly th...
Genesis 2:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Planted a garden— It pleased God to provide for man, when formed, a proper place of reception, a garden. The Hebrew word גן gan, which we render garden, and frequently, paradise, signifies, p...
Genesis 2:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. It is the dictate of nature for parents to provide for thei...
Genesis 2:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paradise and the Fall In this famous passage we possess a wealth of moral and spiritual teaching regarding God and man. The intention of the writer is evidently to give an answer to the question:...
Genesis 2:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE. The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve remained in their original state of innocence for six hours only. Others have supp...
Genesis 2:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE CREATION Genesis 1:1-31 ; Genesis 2:1-25 IF anyone is in search of accurate information regarding the age of this earth, or its relation to the sun, moon, and stars, or regarding the order...
Genesis 2:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Man in Eden, Innocence Genesis 2:1-17 The first paragraph belongs to the previous chapter, as is clear from the use of the same term for God- Elohim. God's Rest was not from weariness, or exh...
Genesis 2:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter gives us a fuller account of man. Three distinct movements are chronicled in the brief but comprehensive account. First, "Jehovah God formed man of the dust." The Hebrew word "formed" s...
Genesis 2:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. The tree of life, ( Genesis 2:9 ) perhaps an emblem, or to...
Genesis 2:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE GARDEN OF EDEN ‘And the Lord God formed man of the dust … and the Lord God planted a garden.’ Genesis 2:7-8 We generally speak of our parents, Adam and Eve, when they ate the forbidden f...
Genesis 2:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden ,.... Or "had planted" m, for this was not now done after the formation of man, but before; and so the word translated "eastward" may be rendered,...
Genesis 2:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Ver. 8. And the Lord God planted. ] Had planted (to wit, on the third day, when he made trees) fo...
Genesis 2:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord God planted Or, had planted , namely, on the third day, when he created the fruit-tree yielding fruit; a garden A place peculiarly pleasant, a paradise , separated, it seems, from the...
Genesis 2:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SEVENTH DAY The first three verses here are directly connected with chapter 1. "Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished." The work of the first creation occupie...
Genesis 2:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Garden of Eden. B. C. 4004. 8 And the L ORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden...
Genesis 2:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He had planted, viz. on the third day, when he made the plants and trees to grow out of the ground, a place of the choicest plants and fruits, most beautiful and pleasant. Eastward, from the plac...
Genesis 2:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Man's Establishment and Fall ( Genesis 2:4 to Genesis 3:24 ) TABLET II. Genesis 2 and Genesis 3 form a unit distinguished by the fact that God is called Yahweh Elohim (Lord God), a usage rep...
Genesis 2:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 2:14 . East of Assyria] So Ges. and Dav. Lit., “before A.” wh. to a writer in Pal. is = west (Fürst). Genesis 2:17 . Surely die ] Heb. “die, die shalt thou;” as in G...
Genesis 2:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 2:8-9 (with Genesis 3:22-24 ) I. Our first parents are discovered in a state of innocence, beauty, and blessedness, which is broken up utterly by the transgression of the Divine comman...
Genesis 2:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 2:1-8 . Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his wo...
Genesis 2:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 2:1 . By host is meant, not the angels, as some have thought, but the starry heavens. Psalms 33:6 . Genesis 2:2 . On the seventh day God ended his work. The Samaritan Pentateuch reads...
Genesis 2:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden The garden of Eden I. IN THIS GARDEN PROVISION WAS MADE FOR THE HAPPINESS OF MAN. 1. The garden was beautiful. 2. The garden was fruitful....
Genesis 2:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 2:8 In accordance with a well-known characteristic of Hebrew composition, the writer, having carried his subject forward to a convenient place of rest, now reverts to a p...
Genesis 2:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom He had formed. Although the entire work of creation was perfect, God chose to do still more for man by planting an en...
Genesis 2:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

a garden. Genesis 13:10 Ezekiel 28:13 Ezekiel 31:8 Ezekiel 31:9 Joel 2:3 eastward. Genesis 3:24 Genesis 4:16 2 Kings 19:12 Ezekiel 27:23 Ezekiel 31:16 Ezekiel 31:18 put the. Ge...
Genesis 2:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Beginning and the Beginning Again Genesis 1:26-31 ; Genesis 2:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The word Genesis means the "beginning." It is the first Book of the Bible, and in its opening Chapter...
Genesis 2:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Man consisting of body and soul, a body made out of the earth, and a rational immortal soul, we have in these verses the provision that was made for the happiness of both. That part of man, which i...

Genesis 2:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 2:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 2:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 2:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 2:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 2:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 2:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 2:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 2:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 2:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 2:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 2:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 2:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 2:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 2:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 2:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 2:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 2:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 2:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 2:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 2:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 2:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 2:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 2:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 2:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 2:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 2:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 2:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes