The Garden of Eden

Yesterday before I slept I highlighted some points in the bible.( in yellow) Opps, it kind of made a mess as the pages were quite fragile. Anyway, I decided to do notes instead to protect the bible from wear and tear, lol.

So moving onwards, this time let us read through on the garden of Eve. It is not known where exactly is the location but theologians can only gather that it is situated as depicted in the map I include here.

Red star indicates the location

God planted the Garden of Eden, in the east. Then he created man and put him there. He made all kinds of trees that produced good fruit. In the middle of the garden, stood the tree that gives life and the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and bad.

A stream flowed in Eden and beyond it, there were four rivers. The first river is the Pishon (pure gold and rare perfumes as well as precious stones could be found there). The second river is the Gihon, the third, Tigris and the fourth, Euphrates.

God warned Adam not to eat the fruit in the middle of the garden because the consequence was death on the same day. God took pity on man who was alone, so he first made animals and birds from soil to accompany man, but not one was suitable for him. God then put him to sleep and took one of his ribs. Hence a woman was she called, as she was taken from a man.

That is why a man leaves his father and mother to be united to his wife, and they become one.

It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.
Agnes Repplier