Genesis 3:24
And he is driving out אֶת-the Red-one and is causing to dwell from the front [east] to the enclosure of Eden148 אֶת-the Cherubim149 and אֶת-a flame of the Sword of the One-who-overturns-herself150 to guard אֶת-the road151 of the Wood of the Living-ones.
148 | from the front to the enclosure of Eden. Hebrew מִקֶּ֨דֶם לְגַן־עֵ֜דֶן. Notice the avoidance of locative language and the deliberate use of the directional and terminative from/to. Because Yahweh elohim set up the enclosure “from the front” (Gen 2:8), we now get a sense of a circular trajectory, i.e. from the front to the front. To dwell is different from to abide (See note on Genesis 4:16). It means station, settle, lodge and comes from the root shakab meaning to lie down (#7901). |