Genesis 2:8
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8 Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made.
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Ezekiel 28:13
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13 You were in Eden,
the garden of God.
Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone[a]—
red carnelian, pale-green peridot, white moonstone,
blue-green beryl, onyx, green jasper,
blue lapis lazuli, turquoise, and emerald—
all beautifully crafted for you
and set in the finest gold.
They were given to you
on the day you were created.
Footnotes
- 28:13 The identification of some of these gemstones is uncertain.
Genesis 3:24
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24 After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
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Genesis 13:10
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10 Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the Lord or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
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Genesis 4:16
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16 So Cain left the Lord’s presence and settled in the land of Nod,[a] east of Eden.
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- 4:16 Nod means “wandering.”
Joel 2:3
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3 Fire burns in front of them,
and flames follow after them.
Ahead of them the land lies
as beautiful as the Garden of Eden.
Behind them is nothing but desolation;
not one thing escapes.
Isaiah 51:3
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3 The Lord will comfort Israel[a] again
and have pity on her ruins.
Her desert will blossom like Eden,
her barren wilderness like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be found there.
Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air.
2 Kings 19:12
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12 Have the gods of other nations rescued them—such nations as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar? My predecessors destroyed them all!
Ezekiel 31:16
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16 I made the nations shake with fear at the sound of its fall, for I sent it down to the grave with all the others who descend to the pit. And all the other proud trees of Eden, the most beautiful and the best of Lebanon, the ones whose roots went deep into the water, took comfort to find it there with them in the depths of the earth.
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Ezekiel 31:8-9
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8 No other cedar in the garden of God
could rival it.
No cypress had branches to equal it;
no plane tree had boughs to compare.
No tree in the garden of God
came close to it in beauty.
9 Because I made this tree so beautiful,
and gave it such magnificent foliage,
it was the envy of all the other trees of Eden,
the garden of God.
Ezekiel 31:18
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18 “O Egypt, to which of the trees of Eden will you compare your strength and glory? You, too, will be brought down to the depths with all these other nations. You will lie there among the outcasts[a] who have died by the sword. This will be the fate of Pharaoh and all his hordes. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
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- 31:18 Hebrew among the uncircumcised.
Ezekiel 27:23
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23 “Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad came with their merchandise, too.
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