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Where Was The Garden Of Eden?

by aditya abhishek

Garden of Eden also known as Garden of God or Terrestrial Paradise is related to Adam and Eve has been mentioned in Bible Genesis 2-3 and Ezekiel 28 and 31..

According to Hebrew Bible, Adam and Eve used to walk in the garden of Eve naked as they were purest humans on the earth. 

According to genesis creation narrative, God created Adam and  Eve, planted a garden of paradise in eastward of Eden on earth and sent them in this garden. 

And that's the reason of curiosity that where is the garden of Eden located today? Many say it is located in Middle East but let's see where it is according to Bible.

In Bible it is mentioned that  a river used to flow from Eden to the garden of Eden. And after watering the garden it used to become four riverheads named Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, and Euphrates.  

To know the  location we must know about the rivers. At present, two among those four rivers still flows, they are Tigris and Euphrates, but the location of rest two rivers are not confirmed. 

River Pishon and Gihon dried at the end of last ice age. But all these four rivers used to meet at the southeastern part of Persian Gulf.  

According to estimates and Biblical description, Southeastern part of Persian Gulf could be the place where garden of Eve existed. Although, at present day, this location is 200 feet below sea level

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