13:10 Jordan Valley. The edge of the Promised Land or just beyond it (Num. 34:2–12); this area is contrasted with Canaan in v. 12.

like the garden of the Lord. Man’s environment is not the cause of sin—human depravity is. In the ideal environment of Eden sin originated, and sin now abounded in this rich territory (v. 13; 18:16–19:29).