Lesson 1: Guardians of Eden (Private-Religious)
Handout 1

Text from Genesis, Chapter 2, Verses 8-15, 19-20

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2:8

God planted a garden in Eden to the east. There He placed the man that He had formed.

2:9

God made grow out of the ground every tree that is pleasant to look at and good to eat, [including] the Tree of Life in the middle of the garden, and the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil.

2:10

A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became four major rivers.

2:11

The name of the first is Pishon. It surrounds the entire land of Havilah where gold is found.

2:12

The gold of that land is [especially] good. Also found there are pearls and precious stones.

2:13

The name of the second river is Gihon. It surrounds the land of Cush.

2:14

The name of the third river is the Tigris which flows to the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

2:15

God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and watch it.

A little later in the text it says…

2:19

God had formed every wild beast and every bird of heaven out of the ground. He [now] brought [them] to the man to see what he would name each one. Whatever the man called each living thing [would] remain its name.

2:20

The man named every livestock animal and bird of the sky …