a garden: Genesis 13:10; Ezekiel 28:13, Ezekiel 31:8-9; Joel 2:3
eastward: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 4:16; 2 Kings 19:12; Ezekiel 27:23, Ezekiel 31:16, Ezekiel 31:18
put the: Genesis 2:15
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Genesis 2:8
Genesis 2:8
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