Explorers Edition: The Angels at Eden Didn’t Just Stand There, They Tabernacled

Week 9

Most of us grew up with the flannelgraph version: Adam and Eve sadly shuffling out of paradise while two angelic bouncers with flaming swords stand guard like marble statues at the gate. Eden slams shut. End of chapter.

But that’s not what the Hebrew says.

Here is Genesis 3:24 in full:

וַיְגָרֶשׁ אֶת־הָאָדָם וַיַּשְׁכֵּן מִקֶּדֶם לְגַן־עֵדֶן אֶת־הַכְּרֻבִי…