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| Now the serpent was the craftiest of all the animals and said to the woman, "Did God say to you 'you must not eat of any tree in the garden?" The woman responded to the serpent, 'We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden, but he did say, 'You must not eat of the fruit of the tree in the center of the garden.' You must not touch it, or you will die." "You will not surely die," said the serpent to the woman, "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will become like him, knowing Good and Evil." When the woman saw that the fruit was good for food, pleasing to the eye, and desirable for gaining knowledge, she took some and ate it, and also gave some to her husband, who was with her to eat. Then their eyes were opened, and they realized they were naked, so they took fig leaves and made a covering for themselves. then the man and his wife heard the sound of God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, so they hid because they were afraid. but God called out to them, "Where are you?" Man answers, "I heard you, and I was afraid, so I hid because I was naked." God asked, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I told you not to eat from?" the man said, "The woman you put here with me gave me some of the fruit, so I ate it." Then the Lord turned to the woman and asked, "What have you done?" The woman replied, "The Serpent deceived me, and I ate." So the Lord said to the Serpent "Because you have done this." Cursed are you above all livestock And all the wild animals You will crawl on your belly You will eat dust All the days of your life I will put enmity Between you and the woman And between your offspring and hers |
| Genesis 2: The name Eden has two possible origins, one is the Sumerian word eden which translates to steppe or open field or the same word in semitic which means luxury or delight . In the bible Eden refers not only to the garden in which the first human lived but the metaphorical Garden of God. Edens exact location remains a mystery Genesis 2:8 states that God planted the garden in the east in Eden which indicates that the garden was easy of Canaan in addition the Bible associates four rivers with Eden. The Pishon, the Gihon, the Tigris, and the Euphrates. The Tigris and Euphrates are most likely the Mesopotamian rivers that still bear those names. The Gihon whose name possibly comes from the Hebrew word meaning to gush. And the Pishon whose name probably comes from the semitic word meaning to spring up are more difficult to place. A spring named Gihon waters Jerusalem but this location does not match the description of it flowing through the land of Cush. Many scholars believe that the Gihon is the Nile since Cush is sometimes associated with Nubia south of Egypt, but if this is true it becomes impossible to make sense of Edens location because the Nile never converges with the Tigris and Euphrates. Others identify Cush as the land of Kassites east of the Tigris, also refered to as Kush this theory makes better geographical sense, still other posit that the Pishon and the Gihon are tributaries of the Tigris and Euphrates. Another challenge is determining the relationship between the four rivers and the single river that flowed through Eden. Most scholars believe they are down stream from Eden which implies that all four rivers have a common source which places Eden in either northern Mesopotamia or Armenia. However, this theory poses a problem since the Tigris and Euphrates do not share a common source. The suggestion that the rivers were upstream of Eden makes sense because these two river converge in southern Mesopotamia before emptying into the Persian Gulf. The two most likely locations are northern Mesopotamia, Armenian mountains, or southern Mesopotamia |
| By the seventh day God had finished his work so on that he rested from all his labors. And God blessed that day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the creating he had done Adam and Eve This is the story of the heavens and earth when they were created. When God made the earth and the heavens, and no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth. And no plant had yet sprung up. For God had not sent rain over the earth and there was no man to work the field. But streams came up from the earth and watered the surface of the ground. God formed a man from the dust of the earth. God exhaled the breath of life in to his nostrils and the man came alive. Now God planted a garden in the east in Eden, and there he put the man he had made. God made all kinds of trees grow up from the ground. These trees were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the center of the garden were the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge. The river that watered the garden flowed from there and formed the head waters of four rivers. The Pishon, which flowed through Havila, the Gihon which flows through the land of Cush, the third river is the Tigris which runs along the eastern edge of Asshur and the fourth river is the Euphrates. God put the man in the garden to work and look after it. God commanded the man "You are allowed to eat of any tree in the garden. But you must not touch the Tree of Knowledge. For if you eat of it you will surely die." Now God said "it is not good for him to be alone, I need to make a suitable helper for him." Now God formed from the earth all the various beasts of the field of the birds of the air and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. What ever he called them that became their name. But no suitable helper was for Adam. So God put Adam in to a deep sleep. He removed one of the mans ribs and filled the empty place with flesh. God formed a woman from the rib. Adam said. . This now the bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh She shall be called woman For she was taken out of man. For this reason a man will leave father and mother and join with his wife and they will become one flesh. They were both naked and they did not feel shame. |
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