Genesis 2:8 (WEB)
The LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Catechism · 1
“The sign of man's familiarity with God is that God places him in the garden.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 2:8.
Fathers and councils · 7
Irenaeus of Lyons
“In paradise certainly, as the Scripture declares “And God planted a garden [paradisum] eastward in Eden, and there He placed the man whom He had formed.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 8.
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John Damascene
“Moreover the Scripture also says, And God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed: and when he had transgressed His command He expelled him and made him to dwell over against the delights of Paradise, which clearly is the West.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 8.
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Jerome
“In Eden a garden is planted, and a fountain in the midst of it parts into four heads.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 8, 10.
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Basil the Great
“One form of this silence is the obscurity employed in Scripture, which makes the meaning of “dogmas” difficult to be understood for the very advantage of the reader: Thus we all look to the East at our prayers, but few of us know that we are seeking our own old country, Paradise, which God planted in Eden in the East.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 8.
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Tertullian
““And He breathed upon his face the breath of life, and man (that is, the clay) became a living soul; and God placed the man whom He had formed in the garden.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 7, 8.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Adam was honoured by the hand of God, and the delights of Paradise, and the first legislation: but, unless I slander the reputation of our first parent, he kept not the command.” — editor's note: Ib. ii. 8.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And the multitude of all these angels together is Paradise, he says, concerning which Moses speaks: “God planted a garden in Eden towards the east,” that is, towards the face of Edem, that Edem might behold the garden—that is, the angels—continually.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 8.
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Cross-references · 22
Cited together in Catechism §378.
Cited together in Catechism §378.
Cited together in Catechism §378.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.21.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.5.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.5.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.5.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.5.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.5.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.5.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.5.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.5.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.5.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.12.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.21.