8 Further, Jehovah* God planted a garden in Eʹden,*+ toward the east,* and there he put the man whom he had formed.+

13 In Eʹden, the garden* of God,* you proved to be.+ Every precious stone was your covering, ruby, topaz and jasper; chrysʹo·lite,* onyx+ and jade; sapphire, turquoise+ and emerald; and of gold was the workmanship of your settings and your sockets in you. In the day of your being created they were made ready.

3 Ahead of it a fire has devoured,+ and behind it a flame consumes.+ Like the garden of Eʹden* the land is ahead of it;+ but behind it is a desolate wilderness, and there has also proved to be nothing thereof escaping.