⁸ Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;^(A) and there he put the man he had formed. ⁹ The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees^(B) that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life^(C) and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.^(D)

²¹ The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.^{(A) 22} And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us,^(B) knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life^(C) and eat, and live forever.” ²³ So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden^(D) to work the ground^(E) from which he had been taken. ²⁴ After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side^[a] of the Garden of Eden^(F) cherubim^(G) and a flaming sword^(H) flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.^(I)