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# So God drove the man out of the garden

"God forced the man to leave the garden." This refers to the event in [Genesis 3:23](./23.md), where it says "Yahweh God sent him out of the garden of Eden." God did not send the man out a second time.

# in order to guard the way to the tree of life

"in order to stop people from going to the tree of life"

# flaming sword

Possible meanings are 1) a sword that had flames coming from it or 2) a fire that was shaped like a sword. Languages that do not have swords could use another weapon such as a spear or arrow.
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00			`# So God drove the man out of the garden`

5th generation of tNotes formatting 2017-12-07 06:38:15 +00:00			`"God forced the man to leave the garden." This refers to the event in [Genesis 3:23](./23.md), where it says "Yahweh God sent him out of the garden of Eden." God did not send the man out a second time.`
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
			`# in order to guard the way to the tree of life`

			`"in order to stop people from going to the tree of life"`

			`# flaming sword`

			`Possible meanings are 1) a sword that had flames coming from it or 2) a fire that was shaped like a sword. Languages that do not have swords could use another weapon such as a spear or arrow.`