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8. גן (gan) “garden, park,” παράδεισος (paradeisos) — “an enclosed piece of ground.” עדן (‛ēden
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
CharlesSpurgeon
19th Century
Baptist
19th Century
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 Gill
JohnGill
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
The name of the third river is Hiddekel
A river which ran by Shushan in Persia, and retained its name in the times o…
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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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes