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8. גן (gan) “garden, park,” παράδεισος (paradeisos) — “an enclosed piece of ground.” עדן (‛ēden
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.
The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve re…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
That river in Eden also reminds us of the pure river of water of life clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
And a river went out. Moses says that one river flowed to water the garden, which would afterward divide itself into four heads. It is gen…
John Gill
JohnGill
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden
Before man was created, as Aben Ezra observes, this river went out …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes