Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Puis l'Eternel Dieu planta un jardin en Eden, du côté de l'orient, et il y mit l'homme qu'il avait formé.
KJV
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
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3Rufinus Aquileiensis
Provinciae Palestinae Liber De Fide [Incertus]
et bonum ad eden- dum, et lignum vitae in medio paradisi, et lignum ad cognoscendum bonum et malum (Gen. 2. 8.). Nunquam voro Deus lignum vitae in paradiso plantasset, si qui- dem Adam immortalis secundum carnem creatus fuis- set. Rursus autem si Adam et Eva immortales essent sec…
Philo Judaeus
De Opificio Mundi
πλασθείσης τῆς γυναικός, φυτευθῆναι λόγος ἔχει παράδεισον ὑπὸ θεοῦ τοῖς παρ’ ἡμῖν οὐδὲν προσεοικότα (Gen. 2, 8 s.)· τῶν μὲν γάρ ἐστιν ἄψυχος ἡ ὕλη, παντοίων δένδρων κατάπλεως, τῶν μὲν ἀειθαλῶν πρὸς τὴν ὄψεως ἀδιάστατον ἡδονήν, τῶν δὲ ταῖς ἐαριναῖς ὥραις ἡβώντων καὶ βλαστανόντων,…
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
οὖν ἄριστα καὶ ὑπὸ θεοῦ γέγονε καὶ δι’ αὐτοῦ· προελθὼν γοῦν ἐρεῖ ὅτι „ἐφύτευσεν ὁ θεὸς παράδεισον“ (Gen. 2, 8)· τούτων καὶ ὁ νοῦς ἐστι· τὸ δὲ ἄλογον ὑπὸ θεοῦ μὲν γέγονεν, οὐ διὰ θεοῦ δέ, ἀλλὰ διὰ τοῦ λογικοῦ τοῦ ἄρχοντός τε καὶ βασιλεύοντος ἐν ψυχῇ. "πνοὴν" δέ, ἀλλ’ οὐ πνεῦμα, εἴ…
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