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The Geographical Puzzle of Eden
Scholars extensively debate the exact location of Eden. While the Tigris and Euphrates are clearly identified, the other two rivers and the single source remain a puzzle. Commentators like Calvin proposed a Mesopotamian location where the rivers once merged and split, while others suggest Armenia. The consensus is that while the precise geography is likely lost to time, the description points to a real, historical place that God prepared, not a myth.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 2:8–14
18th Century
Theologian
8. גן (gan) “garden, park,” παράδεισος (paradeisos) — “an enclosed piece of ground.” עדן (‛ēden
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 2:4–25
19th Century
Bishop
EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.
The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve re…
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 2:10–14
19th Century
Preacher
That river in Eden also reminds us of the pure river of water of life clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
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John Calvin
On Genesis 2:10
16th Century
Theologian
And a river went out. Moses says that one river flowed to water the garden, which would afterward divide itself into four heads. It is gen…
John Gill
On Genesis 2:10
17th Century
Pastor
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden
Before man was created, as Aben Ezra observes, this river went out …
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 2:8–14
17th Century
Minister
The place chosen for Adam to live in was not a palace, but a garden. The better we are content with plain things, and the less we seek things to gr…