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Yes, the Garden of Eden could be located in Africa. The Book of Genesis says there were four rivers that went out of Eden, the Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, and Euphrates. The Gihon is described as being in Ethiopia, which is in Africa. However, the two rivers that are clearly known to us, the Tigris and the Euphrates are in south-western Asia. There can be no single terrestrial place that would serve as the common source of these four widely separated rivers. True, the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers do meet, but the lands the text associates with the first two rivers are clearly separated from the Tigris-Euphrates valley, the first to the north, the second to the south. This geographical impossibility tells us that the Garden of Eden was a purely mythical place.
The Hebrew people seem to have believed it was somewhere in the Near East and the myths, from which the Genesis story is no doubt derived, are Near Eastern myths. Even in legend, the proper location of the Garden of Eden is not Africa.
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What was the name Adam and Eve's garden?
The garden had no name. It was planted by God in Eden. Eden was the name of the land that was to the east of where God created the first man, Adam.
What does the Garden of Eden have to do with African history?
AnswerThere is nothing about the biblical Garden of Eden in the history or pre-history of Africa, nor any geological of fossil evidence of any such garden in Africa. Early humans lived in Africa millions of years before the time the Garden of Eden is supposed to have existed.
What is another name for garden of Eden?
The two gardens mentioned in the bible are The Garden of Eden and the garden of Gethsemane.
Could there be a famous garden in the world if yes then which is it?
the garden of Eden, the hanging gardens of Babylon
When Adam and Eve were cast out of the garden of eden what was the name of the place they were cast to?
It was actually a garden in Eden called the Garden of Eden. So they left the garden, but I think they were still in Eden.
Were there cows in garden of eden?
Yes there were cows in the garden of Eden.
Is the Garden of Eden the same as the Garden of Aden?
No the Garden of eden is probally invisable as god put a fire sword over the entrance of the garden of eden!
Which County is known as the garden of Eden?
It is to my understanding that the garden of Eden was or is located in turkey or near there. Anatolia a region of turkey. site of the garden of Eden.
Why could man no longer live in the Garden of Eden?
They disobeyed God, and sinned.
Could the Congo basin be the Garden of Eden?
-----------------------No. Genesis 2:14 says that the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flowed out of the Garden of Eden, which means that the garden was in Asia. Genesis 2:13 says that a river flowed out of the garden to water the land of Ethiopia, which means that the garden was in the horn of Africa, far from the Congo. Verses 13 and 14 contradict each other, perhaps indicating that the source knew little about the world outside Palestine. Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says that the Garden of Eden is a purely mythic place and should be regarded as such.
How long was Jesus in the Garden of Eden before He was betrayed by Judas?
Jesus was never in the Garden of eden , it was the garden of Gethsemane.
What was Lucifer's purpose in the Garden of Eden?
There is no mention in the Bible of Lucifer being in the Garden of Eden.
