2007-11-28 15:33:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There was a show on this the other day on the History channel. There are a Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq. With some kind of satellite scan, there was evidence that a large portion of land in that area was above water and there were two other rivers that met the Tigris and Euphrates, then formed one river that flowed into the sea. It was called Sumeria at the time, which is where Abraham was from (Ur, Sumeria). The flood story would explain what that story was referring to.
I have heard something about 'Mesopotamia' but I'm not very knowledgeable about what it was or where.
2007-11-28 15:48:15 · answer #1 · answered by strpenta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing the Bible tells us concerning the Garden of Eden’s location is found in Genesis 2:10-14, “A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold…The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.” The exact identities of the Pishon and Havilah rivers is unknown, but the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are well known. If the Tigris and Euphrates mentioned there are the same rivers by those names today, that would put the Garden of Eden somewhere in the middle east, likely in Iraq. People have searched for the Garden of Eden for centuries to no avail. There are various locations that people claim to be the original location of the Garden of Eden, but we cannot be sure. What happened to the Garden of Eden? The Bible does not specifically say. It is likely that the Garden of Eden was completely destroyed in the Flood.
Recommended Resource: Biblical Creationism by Henry Morris.
2007-11-28 23:41:52 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
the middle east and some parts of Africa.
Genesis 2:10-14 (New International Version)
10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.
11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin [a] and onyx are also there.)
13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. [b]
14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
2007-11-28 23:38:05 · answer #3 · answered by Ms. Lady 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Somewhere around modern-day Iraq, because the Book of Genesis mentions the Tigris (Hiddekel) and Euphrates rivers. There was one historian who thought it was modern-day Bahrain but he seems to be in the minority.
2007-11-28 23:43:19 · answer #4 · answered by Brother Jonathan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Iraq near tigeres river?!
2007-11-28 23:41:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some say Bahrain and some say the island of Cumbria.
2007-11-28 23:47:59 · answer #6 · answered by alaska girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Mesopotamia. Or present day Iraq. Ironic, isn't it?
2007-11-28 23:39:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Somewhere around what is now Iraq.
2007-11-28 23:37:55 · answer #8 · answered by CRtwenty 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2007-11-28 23:39:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
20,000 leagues under the sea
2007-11-28 23:39:43 · answer #10 · answered by Here..have some Kool-Aid 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋