The LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being. Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and he placed there the man whom he had formed.
A river rises in Eden to water the garden.
The LORD God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it.
Cf. Genesis 2:7-15
It is interesting that, in this account, God creates man before the garden. This rhymes with our comments Thursday morning, that to be a faithful steward over God's manifold grace, we must include our own heart: faith, humility and so forth.
It also parallels some of our thoughts about the fig tree, the faith of Israel, and our own faith, when we were studying Mark's lecture notes from Peter's school of evangelism -- i.e., the gospel of Mark.
Good detective work, everybody.
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