(14) The name of the third river is Tigris it flows east of Assyria. (13) The name of the second river is Gihon it flows around the whole land of Cush. (12) The gold of that land is good the bdellium and the onyx stone are there. (11) The name of the first is Pishon it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. Gen 2:10-14 Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden and from there it divided and became four rivers. Alewine’s work along with thoughts of my own. I hope to give you a summary of these fascinating rivers and a taste of Dr. If you have the time, I urge you to study the Creation Gospelmodel and her commentary on Bereshit. Obviously, this is a much more comprehensive treatment than I will offer here. Alewine’s commentary on Bereshit delves deeply into the rivers of Eden (about 50 pages worth!). Hollisa Alewine expounds on the odd placement ( or is it?) of the details of the one river that divides into four in Genesis chapter two. It is likely that the Garden was completely destroyed in the Flood.Why does Torah portion Bereshit seem to interrupt the natural flow of the creation narrative to interject the telling of the rivers of Eden? Does this break in the story seem strange to you? In her commentary on Bereshit in The Creation Gospel Workbook 5 Volume 1, Dr. What happened to the Garden of Eden? The Bible does not specifically say. There are various spots claimed as the original location of Eden, but no one can be sure. People have searched for the Garden of Eden for centuries to no avail. While the oil in the Middle East could be the dregs of Eden, but those who promote such ideas are simply theorizing. Many people speculate that the vast stores of oil in the Middle East are the result of the decomposition of Earth’s lushest organic materials in the Garden of Eden. If the Middle East region is where the Garden of Eden was, and if crude oil is, as most scientists believe, primarily decayed vegetation and animal matter, then it stands to reason that the Middle East is where we would find the greatest oil deposits. It could be that the modern rivers called the Tigris and Euphrates are simply named after those associated with Eden, in the same way that Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is named after the town in Judea. Because of this, the original location of the Tigris and Euphrates is uncertain. The Deluge completely changed the topography of the earth. However, even a small local flood can change the course of a river, and the Flood of Noah’s day was more than a localized flood. If the Tigris and Euphrates mentioned are the same rivers by those names today, that would put the Garden of Eden somewhere in the Middle East, likely in Iraq. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.” The exact identities of the Pishon and Gihon Rivers are unknown, but the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are well known. The name of the third river is the Tigris it runs along the east side of Asshur. 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 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.
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