In punishment of this act, God exiled man from the Garden of Eden. ... The scripture states "Therefore the Lord God sent him out from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life" (Genesis 3:22). ... But man continually returns to wickedness, repents, over and over, just as in the Garden of Eden. ...

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Ancient Hebrew or Jewish culture grew out of the societies of the ancient Near East. ... Biblical laws are part of the indigenous legal traditions of the ancient Near East. ... Two altars, one smaller than the other, have been found at archaeological sites in the Near East, and some scholars believe these represent Yahweh and his consort, Asherah. ... The Bible's garden of Eden is similar to the Sumerian garden of creation. ...

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• Grade Level: High School