8Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.


In Context

5 and no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to work the ground,

6 but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground-

7 the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.

9 And the Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground-trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.

Genesis 2:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:8And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:8And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8And Jehovah Elohim planted a garden in Eden eastward, and there put Man whom he had formed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.