Genesis 2:8
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8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.(A)
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Ezekiel 28:13
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13 You were in Eden, the garden of God;
every precious stone was your covering,
carnelian, chrysolite, and moonstone,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,[a] turquoise, and emerald;
and worked in gold were your settings
and your engravings.[b]
On the day that you were created
they were prepared.(A)
Genesis 3:24
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24 He drove out the humans, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a sword flaming and turning to guard the way to the tree of life.(A)
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Genesis 13:10
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10 Lot looked about him and saw that the plain of the Jordan was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar; this was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.(A)
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Genesis 4:16
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16 Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod,[a] east of Eden.
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- 4.16 That is, wandering
Joel 2:3
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3 Fire devours in front of them,
and behind them a flame burns.
Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,
but after them a desolate wilderness,
and nothing escapes them.(A)
Isaiah 51:3
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3 For the Lord will comfort Zion;
he will comfort all her waste places
and will make her wilderness like Eden,
her desert like the garden of the Lord;
joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the voice of song.(A)
2 Kings 19:12
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12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my predecessors destroyed: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?(A)
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Ezekiel 31:16
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16 I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who go down to the Pit, and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that were well watered, were consoled in the world below.(A)
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Ezekiel 31:18
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18 Which among the trees of Eden was like you in glory and in greatness? Now you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the world below; you shall lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are killed by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his horde, says the Lord God.(A)
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Ezekiel 31:8-9
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8 The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it
nor the fir trees equal its boughs;
the plane trees were as nothing
compared with its branches;
no tree in the garden of God
was like it in beauty.(A)
9 I made it beautiful
with its mass of branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden
that were in the garden of God.
Ezekiel 27:23
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23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.(A)
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