STEEMCHURCH : The great garden of Eden

The Garden of Eden is described in Genesis, chapters 2 and 3. The Lord created the garden specifically for Adam, the first man, whom God had formed. In Genesis 2: 8-9, we read: "The LORD God planted a garden in Eden on the east, and put the man whom he had formed there, and Jehovah God made every tree that is delicious to the eye, and good to eat, born of the earth. . " Some believe that the garden was on a mountain, or perhaps it was an outlet for springs of fresh water, because we read: "And a river came out of Eden to water a garden, and from there it was divided into four branches." (Genesis 2:10)

Because of this, the Garden of Eden was perfect. It offered beauty and sustenance, since it was home to all kinds of tree "delicious to look at, and good to eat," and a source of fresh water from the river to drink. And as for man, God "put him in the garden of Eden, that he might till it and keep it." (Genesis 2:15)

Garden of Eden - A Biblical Contradiction? The Garden of Eden, as described in the Genesis account, is often cited by critics as a presumed biblical contradiction. Critics compare the "week of creation" in Genesis, chapter 1 (the creation of plants on the third day and of animals and man on the fifth and sixth days), with the creation of the Garden of Eden in Genesis, chapter 2 ( the garden was created for man, after man was created by God). We read: "So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them: and God finished on the seventh day the work that he did: and the seventh day he rested from all the work that he did: and God blessed the seventh day and sanctified him, because in him he rested from all the work that he had done in creation: these are the origins of the heavens and the earth when they were created on the day that Jehovah God made the earth and the heavens, and every plant of the earth. The field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it was born: for the LORD God had not yet caused it to rain upon the earth, neither was there man to till the ground. " (Genesis 2: 1-5)

Critics point out that Genesis 1 states that plants were created on the third day, while man was created on the sixth day. Why then do we read in Genesis 2 that there were no plants because man had not been created yet? The key is to read Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 in context. Genesis 2: 1-4 concludes the "week of creation," while Genesis 2: 5 begins the Garden of Eden story. This is clear in the full context of Chapter 2 of Genesis, and the fact that the garden had not yet been planted. He had not yet created man, who would "take care of him and keep" (Genesis 2:15). In the Garden of Eden, planted by God for man, we read that God created all animals from the dust and brought them to Adam to give them names. Critics cite this as a contradiction, because we read that God created the animals on the fifth and sixth days of Creation Week (before the garden was planted by God). This alleged contradiction is easy to explain. God created the world and all animals in it. Then he created man. Then he brought one of each animal before the man, for the man to name them (and probably to show the man that God had truly created the animals, since the man had been created after the animals and he did not witness his creation.) "And everything that Adam called the living animals, that is his name" (Genesis 2:20). It is bad hermeneutics (biblical interpretation) to read two separate accounts (the creation of the earth as a biosphere in Genesis 1 and the creation of a single garden and the events of this one in Genesis 2), and then to cite the differences of the two accounts as contradictory.

Venezuela: Cristóbal Colón believed that many of his trips were inspired by the divinity. When he arrived in Venezuela, he thought he had found Eden. He supported this idea with a theory that the Earth was pear-shaped, and that Eden was at its highest point.