And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
WEB
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
YLT
And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;
DBT
And Jehovah Elohim planted a garden in Eden eastward, and there put Man whom he had formed.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)