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Genesis 2:8–17

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¶ And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And out of the ground made the Lord 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 knowledge of good and evil.
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
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From verse 8

  1. Ezekiel 28:13Rank 1 from verse 8
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    13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

  2. Genesis 3:24Rank 2 from verse 8
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    24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

  3. Genesis 13:10Rank 3 from verse 8
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    10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

  4. 2 Kings 19:12Rank 4 from verse 8
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    12Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?

  5. Ezekiel 31:8–9Rank 5 from verse 8
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    8The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

    9I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

From verse 9

  1. Genesis 3:22Rank 1 from verse 9
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    22¶ And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

  2. Revelation 2:7Rank 2 from verse 9
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    7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

  3. Revelation 22:14Rank 3 from verse 9
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    14Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

  4. Revelation 22:2Rank 4 from verse 9
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    2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

  5. Ezekiel 47:12Rank 5 from verse 9
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    12And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

From verse 10

  1. Revelation 22:1Rank 1 from verse 10
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    1AND he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

  2. Psalms 46:4Rank 2 from verse 10
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    4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

From verse 11

  1. Genesis 25:18Rank 1 from verse 11
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    18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

  2. 1 Samuel 15:7Rank 2 from verse 11
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    7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

  3. Genesis 10:29Rank 3 from verse 11
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    29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

  4. Genesis 10:7Rank 4 from verse 11
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    7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

From verse 12

  1. Ezekiel 28:13Rank 1 from verse 12
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    13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

  2. Exodus 28:20Rank 2 from verse 12
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    20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.

  3. Job 28:16Rank 3 from verse 12
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    16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

  4. Exodus 39:13Rank 4 from verse 12
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    13And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.

  5. Numbers 11:7Rank 5 from verse 12
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    7And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

From verse 13

  1. Genesis 10:6Rank 1 from verse 13
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    6¶ And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

  2. Isaiah 11:11Rank 2 from verse 13
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    11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

From verse 14

  1. Daniel 10:4Rank 1 from verse 14
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    4And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;

  2. Genesis 15:18Rank 2 from verse 14
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    18In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

  3. Deuteronomy 1:7Rank 3 from verse 14
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    7Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

  4. Deuteronomy 11:24Rank 4 from verse 14
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    24Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

  5. Genesis 10:11Rank 5 from verse 14
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    11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

From verse 15

  1. Psalms 128:2Rank 1 from verse 15
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    2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

  2. Genesis 2:8Rank 2 from verse 15
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    8¶ And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

  3. Ephesians 4:28Rank 3 from verse 15
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    28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

  4. Genesis 2:2Rank 4 from verse 15
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    2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

  5. Job 31:33Rank 5 from verse 15
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    33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

From verse 16

  1. 1 Samuel 15:22Rank 1 from verse 16
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    22And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

  2. 1 Timothy 4:4Rank 2 from verse 16
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    4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

  3. 1 Timothy 6:17Rank 3 from verse 16
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    17Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

  4. Genesis 2:9Rank 4 from verse 16
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    9And out of the ground made the Lord 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 knowledge of good and evil.

  5. Genesis 3:1–2Rank 5 from verse 16
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    1NOW the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

    2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

From verse 17

  1. Romans 6:23Rank 1 from verse 17
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    23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  2. James 1:15Rank 2 from verse 17
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    15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

  3. Genesis 3:19Rank 3 from verse 17
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    19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

  4. 1 Corinthians 15:56Rank 4 from verse 17
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    56The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

  5. 1 Corinthians 15:22Rank 5 from verse 17
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    22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

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DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 2:8

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Eden

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Sense 1: The region in which the LORD planted the garden where he placed the man. Sense 2: A personal or place name borne by other persons or locations in later passages.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

formed

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Made, shaped, fashioned, created, arranged, or brought into the intended being, body, people, purpose, or condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 2:9

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ground

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Sense 1: The soil, earth, land, floor, or supporting surface. Sense 2: Figuratively, a basis, support, or foundation. Sense 3: Crushed or reduced to small particles by grinding.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sight

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1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

midst

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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 2:10

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Eden

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Sense 1: The region in which the LORD planted the garden where he placed the man. Sense 2: A personal or place name borne by other persons or locations in later passages.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

water

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Sense 1: The common liquid necessary for life. Sense 2: As a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thence

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From that place, position, point, or source; away from there.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

parted

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of part, meaning to divide, separate, depart, or share.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 2:11

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 2:12

COMBINED MEANING

land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

stone

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Sense 1: A piece or mass of rock. Sense 2: To strike or kill with stones.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 2:13

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 2:14

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

toward

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1. In the direction of or in relation to. 2. Approaching. 3. Inclined or ready.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

east

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The direction of sunrise; lands or regions toward that direction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 2:15

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Eden

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Sense 1: The region in which the LORD planted the garden where he placed the man. Sense 2: A personal or place name borne by other persons or locations in later passages.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

dress

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1. To tend or cultivate land or plants. 2. To prepare food or an offering.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 2:16

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

freely

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Sense 1: Without restraint, hindrance, or reserve; openly. Sense 2: Willingly, voluntarily, liberally, or abundantly. Sense 3: Without payment or purchase; as a gift.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 2:17

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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

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

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9And out of the ground made the Lord 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 knowledge of good and evil.

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10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

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11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

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12And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

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13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

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14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

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15And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

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16And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

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17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

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18¶ And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

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