King James Version
Genesis 2:8 in the King James Version says “And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.”
Genesis 2:8 · KJV
But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. there: or, a mist which went up from, etc.
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. of the dust: Heb. dust of the ground
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And out of the ground made the LORD 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 knowledge of good and evil.
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“planted”
H5193properly, to strike in, i.e., fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“eastward”
H6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the east) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
“he put”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the man”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
“whom”
H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“he had formed”
H3335to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e., form a resolution)
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