The original site of the garden of Eden is conjectural. The principal means of identifying its geographic location is the Bible’s description of the river “issuing out of Eden,” which thereafter divided into four “heads,” producing the rivers named as the Euphrates, Hiddekel, Pishon, and Gihon. The Euphrates is well known, and “Hiddekel” is the name used for the Tigris in ancient inscriptions. The other two rivers, the Pishon and the Gihon, however, are unidentified.
Some, such as Calvin and Delitzsch, have argued in favor of Eden’s situation somewhere near the head of the Persian Gulf in Lower Mesopotamia, approximately at the place where the Tigris and the Euphrates draw near together. They associated the Pishon and Gihon with canals between these streams. However, this would make these rivers tributaries, rather than branches dividing off from an original source. The Hebrew text points, rather, to a location in the mountainous region N of the Mesopotamian plains, the area where the Euphrates and Tigris rivers have their present sources.
The fact that the Euphrates and Tigris rivers do not now proceed from a single source, as well as the impossibility of definitely determining the identification of the Pishon and Gihon rivers, is possibly explained by the effects of the Noachian Flood, which undoubtedly altered considerably the topographical features of the earth, filling in the courses of some rivers and creating others.
The traditional location for the garden of Eden has long been suggested to have been a mountainous area some (140 mi) SW of Mount Ararat and a few kilometers S of Lake Van, in the eastern part of modern Turkey.
That Eden may have been surrounded by some natural barrier, such as mountains, could be suggested by the fact that cherubs are stated to have been stationed only at the E of the garden, from which point Adam and Eve made their exit.
After Adam’s banishment from the paradisaic garden, with no one to “cultivate it and to take care of it,” it may be assumed that it merely grew up in natural profusion with only the animals to inhabit its confines until it was obliterated by the surging waters of the Flood, its location lost to man except for the divine record of its existence. Ge 2:15.
2007-02-07 16:08:40
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answered by BJ 7
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There are 4 rivers named as forming the boundaries of the Garden of Eden; two of these are existent today, namely the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, leading some to believe that Mesopotamia, or modern day Iraq was the site of the original Garden of Eden. However if one accepts the story of the universal flood of Noah, he would have to consider whether the surface of the earth wasn't so altered as to make the locating of the site of the Garden of Eden virtually impossible.
2007-02-07 22:25:55
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answered by wefmeister 7
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The place where the Garden of Eden was does still exist but the Garden of Eden the way it was does not because no-one tended it to keep it going, and although people have answered your question by saying"It never existed, I wonder how thay can say that with such conviction without having been there themselves to see that it was not!But God was there and he was the one who established the Garden of Eden, and he can say with true conviction that it certainly did exist, and he does say so in his word the Bible, your ambition to see the Garden of Eden is truly a worthwhile goal too, and you can certainly achieve this Goal!It wil be a wonderful experience and Ito am looking forward to the time when we can see it with our own eyes it will certainly be the best experience of my life,and maybe even of yours too I know you can do it if you want to, I pray that you will find the way to get this goal achieved and you can also have more good goals that you can also achieve(John17:3) shows the way you can do this is by taking in accurate knowledge of God and his son Jesus Christ I wish you much peace and happiness
2007-02-07 22:37:18
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answered by I speak Truth 6
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Some say it was near Turkey, since there are four rivers in that area that have the same names as those in the Bible.
However, If you believe the Bible, you can see the place that Jesus died on a tree, was also the place where Abraham offered up Isaac on a wooden alter. We also know that Jesus is the second Adam, and since the first Adam died at the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and Jesus died on the cross at Calvary, this would by God's nature point to the same spot.
However, the condition of the Garden of Eden has changed. We no longer recognize it, but God has always maintained the area surround the location of all three of these events; It's called Israel, the apple of His eye, the promised land for God's chosen people.
I've no specific scriptural notations for the conclusions I've come to, but I know my God. We shall know conclusively when pure Wisdom (Jesus Himself) returns riding a White Horse.
2007-02-07 22:30:27
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answered by Daniel 2
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There are many clues as to where the Garden may have been, but from my studies I believe that it no longer exist. The main clue that the garden of Eden no longer exists in this world is the fact that prior to the Flood, we learn that an angel guarded the entrance into the garden so that man would not have access to the tree of life Gen:3:24. Also, later passages state that the tree of life is now in heaven. "To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God" Rev 2:7, and Rev 22:2.
2007-02-07 22:35:34
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answered by Heaven's Messenger 6
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Rumors has it that the place is in Baghdad, Iraq and yet another place in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia claims it was Nahjran (unsure of correct spelling). I have the feeling however that it is Iraq because of the rivers that enclose itas mentioned in the Book of Genesis. You may be able to do that since the future may solve the war. I just am not sure if you can still see the gardens or the ruins of war.
2007-02-07 22:27:22
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answered by Rallie Florencio C 7
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The Garden of Eden Bistro is located at 12546 125th St. West in Ottawa Ontario. The food isn't that great but it has a wonderful party platter.
2007-02-07 22:24:15
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answered by MotherMayI? 4
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The garden of Eden does not exist in any time.
2007-02-07 22:24:35
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answered by neil s 7
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Eden was surrounded by four rivers, one was the Tigris and another was the Euphrates. Both of the rivers that have those names are in modern Iraq. The other two rivers are no longer there (I think).
2007-02-07 22:21:54
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answered by Anonymous
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The garden of Eden was just a beautiful piece of our imagination. It is now overgrown with weeds full of Banana Snakes somewhere in the land of Nod. Trust me you don't want to go there.
2007-02-07 22:26:30
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answered by SNAKE HEAD Hisszzzzz 1
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