Genesis 3:24
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 3:24 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 3:24 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned eve..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 3:24 — KJV
“So 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.”
— Genesis 3:24 (KJV)
Genesis 3:24 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 3:24
“And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. came to hand: Heb. was found they came...: Heb. were found”
Shares key themes with Genesis 3:24: east, sword, turned
“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.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 3:24: garden, every, tree
“Now 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? Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 3:24: east, garden, every
“And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 3:24: east, every, tree
“If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:”
Shares key themes with Genesis 3:24: east, way, keep
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