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Eden: Where on earth was it?

Stephen M. Miller
map of theories of location of Garden of Eden, by Stephen M. Miller
EDEN QUEST. One theory puts Eden in the mountains of Turkey, near the source of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Humanity’s first known civilization started in the Fertile Crescent, a plug of land framed by those rivers. Maps rendered by Stephen M. Miller from data by NASA and Tom Patterson.

“God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made.” Genesis 2:8

A GARDEN PARADISE, Eden (EE den) was home to the first humans.

Its location, “in the east,” may point toward the Persian Gulf areas of Iraq and Iran—east of where the writer probably lived, in what is now Israel.

God evicted Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden after they sinned.

The location of Eden remains a mystery with one intriguing clue: A river watered Eden and then broke into four branches: Tigris, Euphrates, Pishon, Gihon.

The first two rivers still flow through Iraq and empty into the Persian Gulf. The other two river names are lost to history.

One theory places Eden at the source of the Tigris and Euphrates: in the hills of Turkey.

Another says the writer disguised the location by reversing directions—to hide Eden—and that the four rivers flowed into Eden. That would put Eden in what is now the Persian Gulf, which was once a river.

Melting ice from the former Ice Age eventually filled the river valley with sea water, flooding Eden and turning it into a biblical version of the lost city of Atlantis.

Excerpt from the newly released Stephen M. Miller’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

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About Stephen M. Miller

STEPHEN M. MILLER is an award winning bestselling Christian author of easy-reading books about the Bible and Christianity and author of the Casual English Bible® paraphrase. His books have sold over two million copies and include The Complete Guide to the Bible and Who’s and Where’s Where in the Bible.

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  1. Shirley Martin

    April 2, 2013 at 11:14 am

    Can’t wait to read your IIlustrated Bible Dictionary. Your books have helped me so very much. Thank you!

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    • Stephen M. Miller

      April 2, 2013 at 12:16 pm

      Thanks Shirley. Peace to you.

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