21 And the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.

22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of (A)Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out with his hand, and take fruit also from (B)the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. 24 So (C)He drove the man out; and at the (D)east of the Garden of Eden He stationed the (E)cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to (F)the tree of life.

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:24 Or placed in front