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) for man's pleasure, a garden or paradise in Eden, whence ηδονη, in the upper part of Chaldea, whereabout Babel was founded. It was destroyed by the deluge; the place indeed remained, but not so the pleasantness of the place, the rose fell and remained thorny. cecidit rosa, mansit spina And yet that country is still very fruitful, returning, if Herodotus and Pliny a may be believed, the seed beyond credulity.
He put the man whom he had formed.] And formed him not far from the garden, say the Hebrews; to mind him that be was not here to set up his rest, but to "wait till his change should come."
a Dιηκοσια μεν το παραπαν αποδιδοι, Herod., l. i. Pliny, l. vi. c. 26. Donec a spe ad speciem transiret