The Pulpit Commentary — Genesis — Section 122

EXPOSITION. Ver. 8.-In accordance with a well-known Luke x:..,iil. 43) eastward (mekedein, liter- chnracteristic of Hebrew composition, tho ally, from the front quarter, not from l he writer, h11ving carried his subject forward to beginuing,-a,ro apxik, Aquila; EV ,rpwro,~·. a convenient place of rest, now reverts to a Theodotion ; a principio, Yulgate, - Lut point of time in the six days antecedent to in the region lying towards tho east uf IIHln's appearance on tho earth. In anticipa- Palestine - LXX., 1<aT' at•«To:1-a,) in (not tion of his arrival, it was needful thnt a of, ns Murphy, who rentlern " in the cast suitable abodo should bo prepared for his of Eden") Eden (delight ; Greek, ,;0011i1: reception. .Accordingly, haviug already mcn- cf. Hedencsh, or Heclcn, the Lirlhplace of tiouecl the creation of plants, trees, and Zoroaster-l,alisch). The won! is not merdy flowers, the narrative proceeds to describe tho descriptive of tho beauty and fertility of tho construction of .Adam s early homo. And the garden (paradiS'lts voluptatis, Yulg., er. Lord God (Jehovah Elohim) planted-i. e. ,rapcifoo-o'° n1~ Tpv~•a·, LXX. (Joel ii. 3). specially prepared-a garden (gan, n placo On the ground of possessing similar qualities, protected by a fence, from qanan, to cover ; othor districts 11ml places were subsequently hence a gnrden: cf. Deut. ii. 10 ; 1 Kings termed Edens : cf. 2 Kings xix. 12 ; Isa. xxi. l! ; Isa. Ii. 3 ; LXX., ,rapaorn10~·; Vul- xxxvii.12; Ii. 3; Ezek. xxvii. 23; s\mos L getc, pamdiaus; whc11c.a English, pnrndiso, 6), but likc"·ise il'<lir:1tes its loralily, whid1  44 THE TIOOK OF GlrnESIS. [en. 11. 8-17.