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And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

8. גן (gan) “garden, park,” παράδεισος (paradeisos) — “an enclosed piece of ground.” עדן (‛ēden

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.

The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve re…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

That tree of life in the middle of the earthly paradise was to be symbolic of another tree of life in the paradise above, from which the children o…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow. The production spoken of here belongs to the third day of the creation. But Moses express…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every
tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for f…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The place chosen for Adam to live in was not a palace, but a garden. The better we are content with plain things, and the less we seek things to gr…

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