Which part of the world was the Garden of Eden?

Answer 1

Eden's location remains the subject of controversy and speculation. There are hypotheses that locate Eden at the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates, in Mesopotamia, Africa, and the Persian Gulf, among others. It is no longer thought to exist since the flood, but was formerly on rivers referred to as the Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel, and Euphrates.

The flood event would have completely obliterated the Garden of Eden and many other features of the pre-flood world. The use of names after the flood to refer to rivers which existed before the flood does not mean that they were essentially unchanged. It simply may mean that Noah and others used names that they knew previously, or that the new rivers reminded them of what existed before. Thus, not only is it not known where the Garden of Eden originally was, it is unlikely any evidence of it would be found in the region of the rivers with similar names today. Since the first humans lived in Africa, it is understandable that some would wonder whether the biblical Garden of Eden was also in Africa. However, it seems clear that the biblical authors believed that the legendary garden was somewhere in the Middle East.

In Rev 2 : 7 states " He that hath an ear , let him hear, that the spirit saith unto the churches , to him that overcometh I will give to eat of the tree of life , which is in the midst of the paradise of God . 2Corth. 12 : 1-4 ; stated that paradise is in heaven . KJV

I believe The Bible gives us the area where the Garden of Eden van be found.. unfortunately it can only be pin-pointed with the rivers described, that includes the ones that do not flow in this present time.

My conclusion based on these facts is that the Garden of Eden must still exist somewhere. And I wouldn't even be surprised if it was already found.. but according to Genesis chapter 3, verse 24, a cherubim (=angel) was placed there to guard it with a flaming sword flashing back and forth. Again, my conclusion is that IF anyone found it.. they didn't live to tell ;)

It is no longer thought to exist since the flood, but was formerly on rivers referred to as the Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel, and Euphrates.

The flood event would have completely obliterated the Garden of Eden and many other features of the pre-flood world. The use of names after the flood to refer to rivers which existed before the flood does not mean that they were essentially unchanged. It simply may mean that Noah and others used names that they knew previously, or that the new rivers reminded them of what existed before. Thus, not only is it not known where the Garden of Eden originally was, it is unlikely any evidence of it would be found in the region of the rivers with similar names today. Since the first humans lived in Africa, it is understandable that some would wonder whether the biblical Garden of Eden was also in Africa. However, it seems clear that the biblical authors believed that the legendary garden was somewhere in the Middle East.

There is no Garden of Eden today

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Since the topography of the earth changed with the flood [with the splitting and shifting of the continents and such under tremendous global pressures and forces], we can only speculate about the Garden's location. My speculation, therefore, is that since Jerusalem seems to be the apple of God's eye, and is the PLACE on earth from which God's Word focuses and looks out on the rest of the world... my guess would be the "global positioning;" or "lat/long" [latitude and longitude] of Jerusalem today -- 31.78001 degrees N, 35.21882 degrees E. as viewed from outer space.

At the end of Revelation... after the earth is REMADE a second time, and a NEW EARTH is revealed; we find NEW JERUSALEM descending from heaven with the THRONE OF GOD THE FATHER establishing His throne on the NEW EARTH to be WITH HIS CHILDREN, and, virtually, making planet earth the CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE!

The former location of the Garden of Eden, ultimately, is moot at this point, but:

Will New JERUSALEM position itself at the present Jerusalem's "lat/long," where the thrones of past kings have ruled... and where Jesus Christ Himself shall have just finished "ruling over the nations of the world for one thousand years?"

It's no doubt little more than interesting to consider... but consider what the Scriptures also reveals to be a HEALING SOURCE for all the nations of the world right smack dab IN THE MIDDLE of New Jerusalem:

"...he showed me the River of the Water of Life... issuing from the throne of God [the Father] and of the Lamb. On either side of the River, midway, between it and the Main Street of the City, was THE TREE OF LIFE..." (Rev.22:1-2 WEY Weymouth's New Testament).

Wasn't the Tree of Life first seen in the Garden of Eden? Might not Jerusalem's location on the earth be a soft spot in God's heart... from the beginning and for all time?

"O JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM, the city that kills the prophets and stones God's messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn't let Me. And now look, your house is left to you, empty and desolate. For I tell you this, you will never see Me again until you say, 'Bless the One who comes in the Name of the LORD!'" (Matt.23:37-39 NLT New Living Translation)

Answer 2

Genesis chapter 2 says that a river flowed through the Garden of Eden and that it had four tributaries, one of which was the Gihon, which flows through Ethiopia. Although there is no river Gihon and appears never to have been such a river, this information does place the Garden of Eden in Ethiopia and therefore belongs in Africa.

However, the passage also says that two of the other tributaries were the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers, which places the Garden of Eden in Asia.

A single river can not have tributaries in two continents, further evidence that there was no Garden of Eden. Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says that the Garden of Eden is a purely mythic place. It does not really belong in any continent.

Answer 3

It is a ficticious place. It never existed.

Since the 'old world' was completely destroyed by the flood and additionally, we have no details of countries then, this question would remain un able. Some have assumed that because the names Tigris and Euphrates are used later that the Garden of Eden was somewhere around there. This is possible but it may also be somewhere else as it is unlikely that the topography bears much resemblance to the pre-flood world given the magnitude of the catastrope. The names were likely re-used as a reminder of the past or because they somehow resembled the previous rivers.

So, to put it simply, we cannot know the to this.

Answer 4

Another answer from our community:

The second book of Dante: Dante's Purgatorio refers that the garden is located on the summit of purgatory mountain. It is not certain , but it could be in the middle east. Religious scholars have generally leaned toward the region between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River as the general region of the Garden of Eden. However, there is absolutely no scientific proof of its location nor of its existence. There are thousands of interesting articles about it. See related link below. Well I think that the Garden of Eden is a real place but God hid it from us when He banished Adam and Eve. The garden of Eden was most likely located in northern Mesopotamia. It was guarded by an Angel so Adam and Eve would no longer enter it and have access to the tree of life. The Garden was destroyed in the flood of Noah's time so the angel was no longer needed to guard the Garden. The area where the garden was located would now look very different that it did pre-flood.

Answer 5

Eden is a myth from the book of Genesis from the Hebrew Bible. There is no particular location on Earth, since no such place really existed. Some think the story is based on the lush Tgris and Euphrates area, however.

Answer 6

A:Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says that there can be no single terrestrial place that would serve as the common source of these four widely separated rivers identified with the Garden of Eden. 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. Therefore the Garden of Eden was a purely mythic place, not a place we can ever identify with a particular place in the world.

Answer 7

Most likely Eden was in what we now call Iraq, between the Tigris and Euphrates River.

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This is all a matter of conjecture and speculation, since the topography of the earth would have been altered by the flood. The earth's land masses may well have been one large one, originally... then ruptured and separated into what we see today afterward.

For all we know... since the entire earth was made perfectly... the whole earth may have been referred to as "Eden." The Bible account speaks of a "garden" that God planted "Eastward in Eden."

Today, the reference of "east" generally refers to the Orient, Asia or Asia Minor. There is also the "Middle East"... where we find "Jerusalem" as the focal point from which the Bible looks out on the rest of the world.

It's Jerusalem that God seems to be particularly fond of throughout the scriptures. And it's the Holy City, NEW JERUSALEM... that we find descending from heaven onto the New Earth at the conclusion of God's plan [Rev.21].

The description of New Jerusalem includes the "Tree of Life" growing in its midst [Rev.22:2]... that once was in God's Garden "eastward in Eden" [Gen.2:9].

This could be an indication that the Garden, planted eastward in Eden, in which was the Tree of Life... may have been situated at the latitude and longitude of modern day Jerusalem.

Again... it's only speculation... and no one can know for sure. But Jerusalem has always been the apple of God's eye. And it would be difficult to imagine God planting His special Garden... and the Tree of Life... anywhere else.

Although, anything's possible, given the uncertainty of the original layout of earth's land masses... and the subsequent changes the pre-flood world most likely underwent during and after the flood.

But, it's fun to think about.

Answer 8

Genesis chapter 2 says that a river flowed through the Garden of Eden and that it had four tributaries, one of which was the Gihon, which flows through Ethiopia. Although there is no river Gihon and appears never to have been such a river, this information places the Garden of Eden in Ethiopia and therefore in Africa.

However, the passage says that two of the other tributaries were the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers, which flowed through Mesopotamia. The passage says also that the Pishon flowed to the north, although no such river is known to us. The reference to the Tigris and the Euphrates Riversplaces the Garden of Eden in the Middle East, in western Asia. A single river can not have tributaries in two continents, further evidence that there was no Garden of Eden.
Since the first humans evolved in Africa, it is understandable that some would wonder whether the biblical Garden of Eden was also in Africa. However, it seems clear that the biblical authors believed that the legendary garden was somewhere in the Middle East. Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says that the Garden of Eden belongs purely in mythology.

Answer 9

The biblical text identifies four rivers that went out of Eden, the Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, and Euphrates. Only the last two of which are clearly known to us, but the Gihon is described as being in Ethiopia, which is actually in another continent.

Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says that the Garden of Eden is a purely mythic place - a mere Utopia, literally "no place" - indicated by the fact that there canbe 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.

Answer 10

According to Christian Mythology, the Garden of Eden was presumably located at the headwaters of the Euphrates and Tigris Rives in northern Iraq.