The Garden Of Eden

And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief <FI>rivers<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

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

And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

For Jehovah hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of Jehovah, Joy, yea, gladness is found in her, Confession, and the voice of song.

These <FI>are<Fi> births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens; — read the full passage →

and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

yea, he casteth out the man, and causeth to dwell at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubs and the flame of the sword which is turning itself round to guard the way of the tree of life.

And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' --

And they hear the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

Before it consumed hath fire, And after it burn doth a flame, As the garden of Eden <FI>is<Fi> the land before it, And after it a wilderness--a desolation! And also an escape there hath not been to it,

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?'

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?' — read the full passage →

He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming--I will give to him to eat of the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of God.

And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.

In Eden, the garden of God, thou hast been, Every precious stone thy covering, Ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle, and gold, The workmanship of thy tabrets, and of thy pipes, In thee in the day of thy being produced, have been prepared.

and the great dragon was cast forth--the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world--he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it--dying thou dost die.'

in the midst of its broad place, and of the river on this side and on that, <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, yielding twelve fruits, in each several month rendering its fruits, and the leaves of the tree <FI>are<Fi> for the service of the nations;

Fair I have made him in the multitude of his thin shoots, And envy him do all trees of Eden that <FI>are<Fi> in the garden of God.

Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken;

And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief <FI>rivers<Fi> ;

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

From the sound of his fall I have caused nations to shake, In My causing him to go down to sheol, With those going down to the pit, And comforted in the earth--the lower part, are all trees of Eden, The choice and the good of Lebanon, All drinking waters.

and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee--the head, and thou dost bruise him--the heel.'

And Jehovah God saith unto the serpent, `Because thou hast done this, cursed <FI>art<Fi> thou above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field: on thy belly dost thou go, and dust thou dost eat, all days of thy life;

and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they <FI>are<Fi> naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.

did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed--Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who <FI>are<Fi> in Thelassar?

And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;

And they have said: This land, that was desolated, Hath been as the garden of Eden, And the cities--the wasted, And the desolated, and the broken down, Fenced places have remained.

And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it <FI>is<Fi> all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar,

for God doth know that in the day of your eating of it--your eyes have been opened, and ye have been as God, knowing good and evil.'

And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, `Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;

Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, merchants of Sheba, Asshur--Chilmad--<FI> are<Fi> thy merchants,

And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, `Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat; — read the full passage →

and the name of the second river <FI>is<Fi> Gibon, it <FI>is<Fi> that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;

and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of the ground.

And the woman seeth that the tree <FI>is<Fi> good for food, and that it <FI>is<Fi> pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make <FI>one<Fi> wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;

and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that <FI>is<Fi> in the Christ;

And I have broken the bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from Bikat-Aven, And a holder of a sceptre from Beth-Eden, And removed have been the people of Aram to Kir, said Jehovah.

Cedars have not hid him in the garden of God, Firs have not been like unto his boughs, And chesnut-trees have not been as his branches, No tree in the garden of God hath been like unto him in his beauty, — read the full passage →

Did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed--Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who <FI>are<Fi> in Telassar?

and she addeth to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain hath been servant of the ground.

And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;' — read the full passage →

Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken; — read the full passage →

And the man calleth his wife's name Eve: for she hath been mother of all living.

by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou <FI>art<Fi> , and unto dust thou turnest back.'

Unto whom hast thou been thus like, In honour and in greatness among the trees of Eden, And thou hast been brought down with the trees of Eden, Unto the earth--the lower part, In the midst of the uncircumcised thou liest, With the pierced of the sword? It <FI>is<Fi> Pharaoh, and all his multitude, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'

and the man saith, `The woman whom Thou didst place with me--she hath given to me of the tree--and I do eat.'

And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

and the God of the peace shall bruise the Adversary under your feet quickly; the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ <FI>be<Fi> with you. Amen!

This <FI>is<Fi> an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him; — read the full passage →

And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed <FI>is<Fi> the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day the sixth.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

for Adam was first formed, then Eve,

And Jehovah doth lead thee continually, And hath satisfied in drought thy soul, And thy bones He armeth, And thou hast been as a watered garden, And as an outlet of waters, whose waters lie not.

Because Jehovah loveth Jacob, And hath fixed again on Israel, And given them rest on their own land, And joined hath been the sojourner to them, And they have been admitted to the house of Jacob. — read the full passage →

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, going forth out of the throne of God and of the Lamb:

and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is Devil and Adversary, and did bind him a thousand years,

and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed, — read the full passage →

and Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, To-day with me thou shalt be in the paradise.'

`Son of man, lift up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, And thou hast said to him: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Thou art sealing up a measurement, Full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. — read the full passage →

`Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart hath been high, And thou dost say: A god I <FI>am<Fi> , The habitation of God I have inhabited, In the heart of the seas, And thou <FI>art<Fi> man, and not God, And thou givest out thy heart as the heart of God,

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God doth make to the man and to his wife coats of skin, and doth clothe them.

And the twelve gates <FI>are<Fi> twelve pearls, each several one of the gates was of one pearl; and the broad-place of the city <FI>is<Fi> pure gold--as transparent glass.

All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

Cedars have not hid him in the garden of God, Firs have not been like unto his boughs, And chesnut-trees have not been as his branches, No tree in the garden of God hath been like unto him in his beauty,

And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer he hath made it, <FI>with<Fi> cherubs;

And all the wise-hearted ones among the doers of the work make the tabernacle; ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, <FI>with<Fi> cherubs, work of a designer, he hath made them.

`And thou hast made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer; he maketh it <FI>with<Fi> cherubs;

And He saith, `Who hath declared to thee that thou <FI>art<Fi> naked? of the tree of which I have commanded thee not to eat, hast thou eaten?'

and he saith, `Thy sound I have heard in the garden, and I am afraid, for I am naked, and I hide myself.'

And the serpent saith unto the woman, `Dying, ye do not die,

and of the fruit of the tree which <FI>is<Fi> in the midst of the garden God hath said, Ye do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest ye die.'

These <FI>are<Fi> births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;

the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness <FI>is<Fi> on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

The first man <FI>is<Fi> out of the earth, earthy; the second man <FI>is<Fi> the Lord out of heaven;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And left hath been the daughter of Zion, As a booth in a vineyard, As a lodge in a place of cucumbers--as a city besieged.

And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'

and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

and the gold of that land <FI>is<Fi> good, there <FI>is<Fi> the bdolach and the shoham stone;

and the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commands of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ.

so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam <FI>is<Fi> for a life-giving spirit,

They lick dust as a serpent, as fearful things of earth, They tremble from their enclosures, Of Jehovah our God they are afraid, Yea, they are afraid of Thee.

And Jehovah God calleth unto the man, and saith to him, `Where <FI>art<Fi> thou?'

And it cometh to pass, in the eleventh year, in the third <FI>month<Fi> , in the first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying: — read the full passage →

and they tabernacle from Havilah unto Shur, which <FI>is<Fi> before Egypt, in <FI>thy<Fi> going towards Asshur; in the presence of all his brethren hath he fallen.

And sons of Cush <FI>are<Fi> Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah <FI>are<Fi> Sheba and Dedan.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground,

And the man calleth names to all the cattle, and to fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; and to man hath not been found an helper--as his counterpart.