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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, Gen_9:26, Gen_9:27. Compare Gen_4:3, Gen_4:7, Gen_4:14, Gen_4:16.
Cherubim. See App-41. 1Sa_4:4. Psa_80:1; Psa_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 Gen_2:15 = preserve, so that man should not "live for ever" in his fallen condition, but only in Christ, 1Jn_5:11, 1Jn_5:12.
tree of life. See note on Gen_2:9.