Commenting on Genesis Chapter 2 verse 8, was there a difference between the Garden of Eden and Eden?

Question

Garden of Eden was on the East of Eden and a river watered the garden

Answer 1

Gen 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.





Eden is an area, the Garden was in Eden, but all of Eden was not the garden.



This is an interesting quote from a Bible Study on Genesis



In the east part of a territory called Eden, God planted a garden. God created Adam outside of the garden (but in Eden) and then put him in the garden. In other words, God created the garden before He created man—just as He created conditions before the fish, beasts, etc., came forth. First, God created the environment, then the beings. Incidentally, Eden means “pleasure,” “delight.” Adam’s creation was a delight to God and to man.



Adam saw something of the unfinished earth before he was put in the garden, unless he was instantly zipped over there. If we have the right heart condition, it is sometimes good for us to have a contrast—to be poor and then rich, for example, or to have suffering and then relief. The contrast helps us to be content with our surroundings, to appreciate health, etc. Adam would have been translated into the garden, just as Enoch and Elijah were many years later. While in the garden, Adam could not see out of it because of the terrain.

Answer 2

My first language is spanish and I ussually use the Reina - Valera 1960 version. Reading the verse Genesis 2:8, and the whole chapter I understand that the land or territory named Eden was more than just the area named the Garden of Eden.



The Garden was part of Eden, located on the East of Eden.

Answer 3

Good question. As best of my understanding, Eden was an area and the garden was seperate. My understanding is based on the following. Gen. 2:8 says the garden was in the east. East of what? Most likely Eden. Also Ezekiel 28 :13 says, Eden the garden of God you proved to be. The clincher though is found in Gen.2:15, There it says God, Jehovah put the man in the garden. This would seem he created in Eden but then moved him to the garden. The garden must have been large for he named the animals and had vegetation growing. He was also assigned to take care of the garden.

Answer 4

The garden of Eden = Eden



East of Eden = not the West of Eden but the Eastern side of Eden



To illustrate: The BACK of your house is a different PART of the house but it's still the house

East of Eden was a part of Eden



A river watered the garden = there was a river running through the garden that provided water to the region.

Answer 5

Which translation are you using?



The Hebrew for the relevant part of Genesis 2:8 says



"gan beEden miKedem"

"the garden in Eden in the East"



In full

"And the Lord God planted the garden in Eden, in the East, and there He put the man whom He had formed"



Think about who the original readers of this are - the Jews accepting the Torah on the way to Israel.

ie: the garden is located in Eden, which is to the east of Israel

Answer 6

NO



Genesis 2:15 . Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.

Genesis 3:23 therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 3:24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Answer 7

I have always felt that the Garden was in Eden, being a part of it, on the east side of Eden. When they were cast out, they not only left the Garden but had to leave Eden altogether.

Answer 8

Eastward IN Eden. Sounds like a garden and the place it was located. Adam was living in the garden.

Answer 9

The garden was " in Eden eastward " - it's inhabitants called it Edinu.

Answer 10

as a lot soreness as i'm in,,,i enjoyed it yet my soreness is worse in my abdomen: yet skycat i think of the genuine tale is "God made Adam first" scratched his head and mentioned "i will do a lot greater valuable than this "then he made "eve" so there=)

Answer 11

no