Genesis 3:24

So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
KJV · King James Version
So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Note cherubim are powerful angelic creatures, messengers of God with wings. See Ezekiel 10.

WEB · World English Bible
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

east
Genesis 2:8
Cherubims
Exodus 25:2, 20, 22; 1 Samuel 4:4; 1 Kings 6:25–35; Psalm 80:1; Psalm 99:1; Psalm 104:4; Ezekiel 10:2–22; Hebrews 1:7
a flaming
Numbers 22:23; Joshua 5:13; 1 Chronicles 21:16, 17; Hebrews 1:7
to keep
John 14:6; Hebrews 10:18–22