# 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](../03/23.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.