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NASB | Genesis 3:24 So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 3:24 So God drove the man out; and at the east of the Garden of Eden He [permanently] stationed the cherubim and the sword with the flashing blade which turned round and round [in every direction] to protect and guard the way (entrance, access) to the tree of life. [Rev 2:7; 22:2, 14, 19] |
Bible Question: Why is this translated "flaming sword" rather than 'blazing drought'? Since the point of Eden seems to be that it was well-watered and therefore everything grew there, and the punishment was to have to make a living cultivating cursed soil, isn't this a way of providing drought wherever Adam went so that he couldn't escape his punishment or find his own way out of it without God? Also, if he was looking for the path to the tree of life, what better way to hide it than to make the whole ground look like the path so that it disappeared? |
Bible Answer: Hello loavesnfish, First, what in the Hebrew would cause you to think it should be translated "blazing drought?" Second, leaving Eden intact and placing a flaming sword is a powerful image to those around to what was lost in the fall and for their need to seek God's daily mercies for life. But that's just my opinion. Steve |