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drove out. Note the failure of man under every dispensation.
placed . Heb shakan, to place in a tabernacle, hence to dwell. The Cherubim placed later in the tents of Shem, Genesis 9:26 , Genesis 9:27 . Compare Genesis 4:3 , Genesis 4:7 , Genesis 4:14 , Genesis 4:16 .
Cherubim. See App-41 . 1 Samuel 4:4 .Psalms 80:1 ; Psalms 99:1 .
a = should be "the".
every way , not natah (aside), savav (about), sug (back), panah (toward), but haphak (every way), effectually preserving the way.
keep. See note on Genesis 2:15 = preserve, so that man should not "live for ever" in his fallen condition, but only in Christ, 1 John 5:11 , 1 John 5:12 .
tree of life. See note on Genesis 2:9 .
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