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Genesis 3

Gen. 3:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So he drove out
garash (Hebrew #1644)
to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
KJV usage: cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, X surely put away, trouble, thrust out.
Pronounce: gaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
the man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
; and he placed
shakan (Hebrew #7931)
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Pronounce: shaw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to 7901 through the idea of lodging; compare 5531, 7925)
at the east
qedem (Hebrew #6924)
from 6923; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
KJV usage: aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, X ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare 6926.
Pronounce: keh'-dem
Origin: or qedmah {kayd'-maw}
of the garden
gan (Hebrew #1588)
a garden (as fenced)
KJV usage: garden.
Pronounce: gan
Origin: from 1598
of Eden
`Eden (Hebrew #5731)
Eden, the region of Adam's home
KJV usage: Eden.
Pronounce: ay'-den
Origin: the same as 5730 (masculine)
Cherubims
kruwb (Hebrew #3742)
a cherub or imaginary figure
KJV usage: cherub, (plural) cherubims.
Pronounce: ker-oob'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
f, and a flaming
lahat (Hebrew #3858)
a blaze; also (from the idea of enwrapping) magic (as covert)
KJV usage: flaming, enchantment.
Pronounce: lah'-hat
Origin: from 3857
sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
g which turned every way
haphak (Hebrew #2015)
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
KJV usage: X become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
Pronounce: haw-fak'
Origin: a primitive root
, to keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
h of the tree
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
of life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
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Psa. 80:1,8• 1To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest between the cherubim, shine forth.
 8Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it: (Psa. 80:1,8)
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Psa. 99:1• 1Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth between the cherubim: let the earth be moved. (Psa. 99:1)
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1 Chron. 21:16• 16And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah stand between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. And David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces. (1 Chron. 21:16)
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Heb. 10:20• 20the new and living way which he has dedicated for us through the veil, that is, his flesh, (Heb. 10:20)

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Ministry on This Verse

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east.
Gen. 2:8• 8And Jehovah Elohim planted a garden in Eden eastward, and there put Man whom he had formed. (Gen. 2:8)
Cherubims.
Ex. 25:2,20,22• 2Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me a heave-offering: of every one whose heart prompteth him, ye shall take my heave-offering.
 20And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat, and their faces opposite to one another: toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be turned.
 22And there will I meet with thee, and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, everything that I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 25:2,20,22)
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1 Sam. 4:4• 4So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of hosts, who sitteth between the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there by the ark of the covenant of God. (1 Sam. 4:4)
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1 Kings 6:25‑35• 25and the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.
 26The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so of the other cherub.
 27And he set the cherubim in the midst of the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched, wing to wing, in the midst of the house.
 28And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
 29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved sculptures of cherubim, and palm-trees, and half-open flowers, within and without.
 30And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
 31And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood: the lintel and side posts were the fifth part of the breadth of the house.
 32The two doors were of olive-wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, and palm-trees and half-open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm-trees.
 33And he also made for the doorway of the temple posts of olive-wood, of the fourth part of the breadth of the house.
 34And the two folding-doors were of cypress-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
 35And he carved on them cherubim, and palm-trees, and half-open flowers; and overlaid them with gold fitted on the carved work. (1 Kings 6:25‑35)
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Psa. 80:1• 1To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest between the cherubim, shine forth. (Psa. 80:1)
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Psa. 99:1• 1Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth between the cherubim: let the earth be moved. (Psa. 99:1)
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Psa. 104:4• 4Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flame of fire. (Psa. 104:4)
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Ezek. 10:2‑22• 2And he spoke unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Come in between the wheels, under the cherub, and fill the hollow of thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
 3And the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
 4And the glory of Jehovah mounted up from the cherub, and came over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah's glory.
 5And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty *God when he speaketh.
 6And it came to pass when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim, then he went in, and stood beside the wheel.
 7And the cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim unto the fire that was between the cherubim, and took and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen; who took it, and went out.
 8And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.
 9And I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was as the look of a chrysolite stone.
 10And as for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel.
 11When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it: they turned not as they went.
 12And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes round about, in them four and their wheels.
 13As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, Galgal.
 14And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
 15And the cherubim mounted up. This was the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
 16And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.
 17When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
 18And the glory of Jehovah departed from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
 19And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight, when they went out; and the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the east gate of Jehovah's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
 20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
 21Each one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
 22And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I had seen by the river Chebar--their appearance and themselves: they went every one straight before them. (Ezek. 10:2‑22)
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Heb. 1:7• 7And as to the angels he says, Who makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire; (Heb. 1:7)
a flaming.
Num. 22:23• 23And the ass saw the Angel of Jehovah standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field, and Balaam smote the ass to turn her into the way. (Num. 22:23)
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Josh. 5:13• 13And it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood a man before him with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him, and said to him: Art thou for us, or for our enemies? (Josh. 5:13)
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1 Chron. 21:16‑17• 16And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah stand between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. And David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
 17And David said to God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? It is I that have sinned and done evil; but these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, Jehovah my God, be on me and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be smitten. (1 Chron. 21:16‑17)
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Heb. 1:7• 7And as to the angels he says, Who makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire; (Heb. 1:7)
to keep.
John 14:6• 6Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father unless by me. (John 14:6)
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Heb. 10:18‑22• 18But where there is remission of these, there is no longer a sacrifice for sin.
 19Having therefore, brethren, boldness for entering into the holy of holies by the blood of Jesus,
 20the new and living way which he has dedicated for us through the veil, that is, his flesh,
 21and having a great priest over the house of God,
 22let us approach with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, sprinkled as to our hearts from a wicked conscience, and washed as to our body with pure water. (Heb. 10:18‑22)
• If the Cherubim and flaming sword stopped up the way to Paradise, the Lord Jesus Christ has opened “a new and living way” into the holiest of all. (“Genesis 3” by C.H. Mackintosh)
• God "drove out the man"; but man had himself fled from His presence first. (“Man Fallen and the Seed of the Woman” by J.N. Darby)
• The cherubim I believe always to represent judicial government and power. (“Genesis 3” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he drove out Man; and he set the Cherubim, and the flame of the flashing sword, toward the east of the garden of Eden, to guard the way to the tree of life.