Where was the Garden of Eden? Just as pertinent a question would be… what was the Garden of Eden? Was it even on the Earth? What if Adam was created on Mars? And if for instance the Earth was one land mass prior to the deluge and Pangaea split afterwards into the separate continents, how could we really know where Eden was in the first place? In investigating this subject we will study Adam and Eve further; their early progeny, Cain, Abel and Seth; the events which took place within Eden; as well as various hypotheses from different commentators regarding its potential location – refer Chapter XXII Alpha & Omega. It is hoped that the reader has already read Chapter I Noah Antecessor Nulla.
Genesis 2:8-14
New Century Version
‘Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden [H5731: pleasure, luxury, delight (paradise)], and put the man he had formed into it. The Lord God caused every beautiful tree and every tree that was good for food to grow out of the ground. In the middle of the garden, God put the tree that gives life and also the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil.
A river flowed through Eden and watered the garden. From there the river branched out to become four rivers. The first river, named Pishon [increase, diffusion, flowing], flows around the whole land of Havilah [in Lower Mesopotamia (or Arabia)], where there is gold.
The gold of that land is excellent. Bdellium and onyx are also found there. The second river, named Gihon [bursting forth], flows around the whole land of Cush [in Arabia]. The third river, named Tigris [rapid], flows out of Assyria toward the east [in northern Mesopotamia]. The fourth river is the Euphrates [in Mesopotamia, meaning: bountiful, fruitful].’
We learn a number of key points in Genesis chapter two. Eden was already a location, when the Eternal planted a garden within its territory. The trees of life and knowledge were placed in the centre of the garden – by the Eternal. One river flowed through Eden and specifically its garden to then branch out into four subsidiary rivers. If we take the locations at face value and where the peoples stated finally ended up, the extent of Eden is vast. The benefit of this is that it widens the search for the right river. Most searches are concentrated within the Middle East due to the present locations of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, as well as the past locations for Cush (ancient Ethiopia/Arabia – modern day India) and Asshur (ancient Mesopotamia/Anatolia – modern day Russia). It is assumed by most that Havilah refers to the son of Cush, though it may well be Havilah the son of Joktan, who anciently (and today) lived close to Asshur – Chapter XXIV Arphaxad & Joktan: Balts, Slavs & the Balkans.
What hasn’t occurred to researchers – refer to point two in the introduction – is that the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers may be more recent names for ancient rivers of the same name in an entirely different location. Support for this according to Abarim Publications is ‘in geographical reality, the Tigris and Euphrates are not part of a four river system, and there are no rivers that flow through a land directly east of Egypt and through Nubia that are in any way connected to the rivers of Mesopotamia. The Haddakel is said to flow east of Assyria, but Assyria’s eponymous city, namely Assur, sat on the bank of the Tigris. That means that the Tigris did not flow east of Assyria but [right] through the heart of it.’
Most biblical researchers regard ancient Dilmun as the most logical location for Eden.
Abraham of Ur, David A Snyder, 2014 – emphasis mine:
‘There is also a very interesting theory by Samuel Kramer about that rib that hurt Enki in Dilmun. Let us look at what he wrote: “The Sumerian word for rib is “ti” (pronounced tee). The goddess created for the healing of Enki’s rib is called Nin-ti, ‘the lady of the rib’. But, the Sumerian word ti also means ‘to make live’. The name Nin-ti therefore means ‘the lady who makes live, as well as the lady of the rib.’
Eve, according to the Biblical notion means approximately ‘she who makes live’. It is Kramer’s opinion that this was the basis for the authors of Genesis choosing Adam’s rib to make Eve. If he is right, the relationship of the paradise lost stories in Dilmun and Eden is quite likely. Dilmun has yet to be found by archeologists, but most ancient references would seem to place Dilmun on the Persian Gulf near… Bahrain of today. Some place it in southwest Iran. Both may be right as the Landsat space images of this area show that the whole top of the Persian Gulf of today was dry land before the de-glaciation of the last Ice Age. The satellite image also revealed the dry-bed remains of the Pison and Gihon rivers mentioned with the Tigris and Euphrates in Genesis as emptying into Eden.’
Author and biblical historian David Rohl has proposed an interesting location for Eden as evidenced on the map below. The most interesting point he raises in a presentation on the Garden of Eden is regarding the Land of Nod, to which Cain fled.

‘The Gihon flows to the Land of Cush. Descend the valley, the road rises up, out of the valley and goes through a pass and as it drops down the other side it goes to the town of Ardabil where all the earth quakes are. I went out there and I discovered that all over this region there are villages called Nod. In fact they are called Nod-i (belonging to Nod), like pakistani (belonging to Pakistan), inglesi (belonging to England): “i” of a belonging. The villages are all called of Nod.
This is the Land of Nod of the Bible where Cain is exiled from the garden. So even today, the topper names of this region still reflect the biblical story. It’s [been] there for thousands of years and in the recent millennia people seem to have forgotten. At any rate, according to the written record, nobody seems to have noticed the striking correlations. And those who may have added one and one may have preferred to keep their insights for themselves. But it’s also another illustration of the forest you don’t see for reason of all the trees in front of you.
We went to the mapping centre of the Iranian Government for this governorate and we actually looked at these maps. And there they were: Upper Nodi and Lower Nodi.’
Rohl’s idea is not so far removed from this writer’s thoughts discussed in the first chapter, concerning the region of Jammu-Kashmir – refer Chapter I Noah Antecessor Nulla. Though it is an original hypothesis, it may appear attractive merely for being blurred with the more likely option of the Kashmir being where Noah and his family settled^ after disembarking from the Ark. After looking at the evidence available, the location of the Garden of Eden in northern India or northern Iran does not appear as sustainable, though they cannot be completely ruled out.

Notice in red above, Pishan County of China, similar to the River Pishon; as well as the four river heads of the Indus below, including the Sutlej, Chenab and Jhelum.

Alternatively, the proximity of the Indus and Sutlej with the Brahmaputra and Ganges Rivers.

In this scenario, Nod would have been in southern China or where the Himalayan Mountain range is presently situated.

Stunning Kashmir^

An alternative option for Eden’s location is the Nile delta of lower Egypt. The significance of the Pyramid and Sphinx complex being built at Giza and Jacob’s descendants dwelling in northern Egypt may have significance, if this area was the original Paradise homeland – Article: The Pyramid Perplexity. In this case, the land of Nod would have been the Arabian Peninsula. The serpentine Nile river reminds of the Serpent in the Garden and the myriad heads of the river are reminiscent of both Medusa and the fanned hood on a Cobra.

Where was the Garden of Eden? Ken Ham, 2013 – emphasis & bold mine:
‘Even the great theologian John Calvin struggled over the exact location of the Garden of Eden. In his commentary on Genesis he states:
“Moses says that one river flowed to water the garden, which afterwards would divide itself into four heads. It is sufficiently agreed among all, that two of these heads are the Euphrates and the Tigris; for no one disputes that… (Hiddekel) is the Tigris. But there is a great controversy respecting the other two. Many think that Pison [or the Indus] and Gihon are the Ganges and the Nile; the error, however, of these men is abundantly refuted by the distance of the positions of these rivers.”
Ken Ham: ‘God’s Word makes it clear that the Garden of Eden was located where there were four rivers coming from one head. No matter how one tries to fit this location in the Middle East today, it just can’t be done. The worldwide, catastrophic Flood of Noah’s day would have destroyed the surface of the [Earth]. If most of the sedimentary strata over the [Earth’s] surface (many thousands of feet thick in places) is the result of this global catastrophe… then we would have no idea where the Garden of Eden was originally located – the [Earth’s] surface totally changed as a result of the Flood.
Not only this, but underneath the region where the present Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are located, there exists hundreds of feet of sedimentary strata – a significant amount of which is fossiliferous. Such fossil-bearing strata had to be laid down at the time of the Flood. Therefore, no one can logically suggest that the area where the present Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are today is the location of the Garden of Eden, for this area is sitting on Flood strata containing billions of dead things (fossils). The perfect Garden of Eden can’t be sitting on billions of dead things before sin entered the world!’
Jewish Encyclopaedia, Garden of Eden, multiple authors – emphasis & bold mine:
‘It is probable, however, that the story as given in the Bible is a later adaptation of an old legend, points of which were vague to the narrator himself, and hence any attempt to find the precise location of Eden must prove futile. Indeed, the original Eden was very likely in heaven… Gunkel, in his commentary on Genesis, also adopts this view, and connects the stream coming out of Eden with the Milky Way and its four branches. The “garden of God,” situated on the mountain, in [Ezekiel 28:13-14], and the tall cedar in [Ezekiel 31:3]…’
Ezekiel 28:13-14
English Standard Version
‘You were in Eden, the garden of God… You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God [heaven]; in the midst of the stones of fire [stars] you walked.’
It has to be considered that Eden is Heaven, the abode of the Eternal. Particularly as we have learned that Adam and Eve originally had spirit bodies and were subsequently transformed into physical beings – Chapter XXII Alpha & Omega. Asherah was located in the Garden as the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil – Article: Asherah. The Serpent Samael also had access to the Garden. If the Son of Man equates to the Lord God of the Garden, then the Ancient of Days must represent the Tree of life. This of itself lends heavily towards Eden and Heaven being one and the same.
The Historicity of the Bible, Iurii Mosenkis – emphasis & bold mine:
‘Searching for the astronomical images in the Biblical Eden narrative, we must recollect the Sumerian constellation of A.EDIN which was located in the place of the modern constellations of Virgo and Coma Berenice. It is the center of the Milky Way circle! Two trees of Eden (Genesis 2:17, 3:22) correspond with two ‘branches’ of the Milky Way. Therefore, Eden might be a cosmological concept, linked with another cosmological concept of the World River, from which other rivers are flowing. In the Greek sacral geography, all rivers of the world flow from the Oceanus river, the rivers are his children, and the Oceanus is the river, associated with Elysium (a paradise in the ancient Greek beliefs).
Cherubs (Kerub-im in plural) as the guards of the Paradise (Genesis 3:24), like Greek Cerberus, are the embodiments of Canis Major and Canis Minor (‘big dog’ and ‘small dog’) or Leo and Leo Minor which guarded the border between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ parts of the year (i.e. between the season of the increasing sun and the season of the decreasing sun)’ – Article: The Pyramid Perplexity.
‘It is probable that the water of life also formed a part of the original story, and that the river of Eden is a trace of it. In Ezekiel [47:6-12] and, with some variation, in Revelation [22:1-2] mention is made of a “river of water of life… and on either side of the river was there the tree of life,” showing that the water of life was associated with the tree of life.’
Revelation 22:1-2
English Standard Version
‘Then the angel showed me the river of the water^ of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.’
Mosenkis: ‘The cherubim placed to guard the entrance to Eden are distinctly Babylonian, and are identical with the immense winged bulls [Lamassu below] and lions at the entrances to Babylonian and Assyrian temples.’

‘The Talmudists and Cabalists agree that there are two gardens of Eden: one, the terrestrial, of abundant fertility and luxuriant vegetation; the other, celestial, the habitation of righteous, immortal souls. These two are known as the “lower” and “higher” Gan Eden. The location of the earthly Eden is traced by its boundaries as described in Genesis.
A baraita fixes the dimensions of Gan and of Eden by comparisons with Egypt, Ethiopia, etc: “Egypt is 400 parasangs square, and is one-sixtieth the size of Cush (Ethiopia). Cush is one-sixtieth of the world (inhabited earth), the Gan being one-sixtieth of Eden, and Eden one-sixtieth of Gehinnom.”
By this reckoning today, Eden would be the size of Mongolia and the Garden, the size of Albania – or twice* the size of the state of Israel.
Mosenkis: ‘The opinions of the most eminent Jewish authorities point to the location of Eden in Arabia. The “four heads” or mouths of the rivers (= seas) are probably the Persian Gulf (east), the Gulf of Aden [Eden] (south), the Caspian Sea (north), and the Red Sea (west).
The first river, Pison, probably refers to the Indus, which encircles Hindustan, confirming the Targum Yerushalmi. The second river, Gihon, is the Nile in its circuitous course around Ethiopia, connecting with the Gulf of Aden. The third river, Hiddekel, is the Tigris, which has its course in the front of Assur (= Persia), speaking from the writer’s point of view in Palestine.’ So that the fourth river, Perath, is the Euphrates.
‘The leviathan [a description for both Asherah and Samael] disturbs the waters of the seas, and would have destroyed the life of all human beings by the bad breath of [its] mouth, but for the fact that [it] occasionally puts [its] head through the opening of Gan Eden, the spicy odor issuing from which acts as an antiseptic to [its] bad smell. The Arabic word for Eden is “Adn,” which, according to the commentators and lexicographers, means “fixed residence,” i.e., the everlasting abode of the faithful.’
One theory put forward by Samatha Siegel is that the land of the state of Israel was Eden:
Mosenkis: ‘As proof… she notes the four rivers of Eden… According to her theory, the Pishon and Gihon could be the two sources of the Nile, southwest of Israel. The Tigris and Euphrates are located in what is today Iraq, northeast of modern-day Israel. She describes these four rivers as encircling Israel with the center point being the Dead Sea and Jerusalem.
In response, Rabbi Natan Greenburg says:
“For our purposes today, Eden was once a place but it transcended that, becoming a spiritual concept… Once it was in the physical world but now it is gone, and there is no return. That connection between the physical and spiritual is unattainable today. It’s like Valinor [Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien], where the elves first came from. It became a myth, a place of high spiritual transformation and something to strive towards, but there is no return.”
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman adds:
“According to Jewish tradition, the Garden of Eden is associated with the Land of Israel, according to the big borders – from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates…”
‘The borders of Israel are described several times in the Bible. When God promised the land to Abraham, specific borders were described allotting to his descendants a piece of land significantly larger* than what was eventually conquered in the days of Joshua Ben Nun. These more expansive borders were based on the description of the Garden of Eden.’
In support for the land of Israel matching Eden and particularly its northern territory once known as Lebanon, which was southwards of the nation by that name today, is Ezekiel chapter thirty-one. It is addressed to the pharaoh of Egypt, yet it uncannily appears to be describing a prominent tree in Eden. Is this the same being as described in Ezekiel 28:11-19. If so, it would be Asherah and again her beauty, pride, death and destruction are the main thrust of the verses – refer article: Asherah.
Ezekiel 31:2-18
English Standard Version
‘Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude:
“Whom are you like in your greatness? Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches and forest shade, and of towering height, its top among the clouds. The waters nourished it; the deep made it grow tall, making its rivers^^ flow around the place of its planting, sending forth its streams to all the trees [angelic beings] of the field. So it towered high above all the trees of the field; its boughs grew large and its branches long from abundant water in its shoots… and under its shadow lived all great nations.
It was beautiful in its greatness… [Ezekiel 28:12]. The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor the fir trees [Christmas tree] equal its boughs… no tree in the garden of God was its equal in beauty – Article: Asherah. I made it beautiful in the mass of its branches, and all the trees of Eden envied it, that were in the garden of God. “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because it towered high and set its top among the clouds [spirit realm], and its heart was proud of its height [Ezekiel 28:17], I will give it into the hand of a mighty one… He shall surely deal with it as its wickedness deserves. I have cast it out [Ezekiel 28:17].
All this is in order that no trees by the waters may grow to towering height or set their tops among the clouds, and that no trees that drink water may reach up to them in height. For they are all given over to death… “Thus says the Lord God: On the day the cedar went down to Sheol [the bowels of the Earth] I caused mourning; I closed the deep over it, and restrained its rivers, and many waters were stopped. I clothed Lebanon in gloom for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it… And all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink^^ water, were comforted in the world below. “Whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? You shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the world below…”
Verse sixteen simply states, that Eden was in Lebanon and certainly appears to be a correlating verse to Genesis 2:8-14 quoted at the beginning of this section.

The Cedar tree figures prominently on the flag of Lebanon

The series of maps show the area of ‘Lebanon’ firstly, during the time of the Judges and the separate Israelite tribes, when it was within the territory of Asher and Naphtali; secondly, during the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, when it was in Phoenicia; thirdly, the present day Arab nation called Lebanon.

The word Lebanon is etymologically linked to Jacob’s father-in-law Laban and both words mean: whiteness, white, to make white, become white, purify to be purified.

Where is the Garden of Eden? Unknown author – emphasis mine:
‘Along with the idea that the Garden of Eden is buried under Lebanon and Northern Israel, I believe that the description of the rivers in Genesis 2:10-14 was given as a commentary, probably by Shem or Noah shortly after the Tower of Babel incident. The inland lakes at the end of The Flood would have been full to the brim and the ocean level would have been lower by 300 feet (or more) than what it is today. The inland lakes would have included the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, and smaller lakes in that part of the world. Because of this, the water table would have been much higher right after The Flood. After these lakes breached, the source of water flow for these rivers probably changed.
Whoever first wrote the account given in Genesis 2:10-14 only describes the drainage system of where the rivers flowed after they left the garden, but never describes the whole drainage system of the river that flowed into the garden. That’s why I think that it’s a post-flood description, given prior to the end of Peleg [and Joktan’s life time]. Before the Flood, everyone knew where these rivers were. (The area where the river came from before it entered God’s Garden probably [became condensed] when the mountains between the Middle East and the area North of it were formed!). One interesting discovery I have made since writing this article: The Jordan River, when said in its Hebrew pronunciation is The ‘Yarden’ River. Although it’s the Hebrew word for ‘descend’, it sounds very much like the French and English words for ‘garden’, and according to my understanding of the scriptures, it’s in the right location!’
The same author discusses points which make more sense if the original Paradise was located in the environs of modern day Israel. It might just be the answer to why it was such a beautiful region on through to Abraham’s time and why it was such prized real estate, contested over more than any other region in history. Every major empire has either set foot in or conquered the area known as the holy land.
The author’s reckoning logically concludes, that the Land of Nod is buried under Babylon. This writer’s investigations regarding a. the sacrifice of the Lamb of God in Jerusalem; b. the self same spot where the original temptation occurred with Eve; c. Melchizedek choosing to dwell in Salem, conducting his priesthood there; d. the location of Abraham’s aborted sacrifice of Isaac; and e. Cain murdering Abel in the same area all bear monumental significance – Matthew 23:35.

Touching on the point about the Jordan River; it is interesting to note that Christ lived and grew up in the northern region of this river system in Galilee (meaning: region, rolling, circle, circuit) and the Sea of Galilee, until the age of twelve. This area also includes Mount Hermon where the Watchers first descended – why did they choose this region? It is also the area where the tribe of Dan migrated and dwelt. Significance will become clearer when we study Dan – Chapter XXXIV Dan: The Invisible Tribe.

It is also worth serious consideration whether instead of seeking an enlarged area with rivers having ancient names from previous rivers of the past; rather, the area for Eden was smaller and that the river system described was once condensed in the area of ‘Israel.’
The series of maps above and below show the four main tributary rivers branching off from the River Jordan. Of most interest is its source and network of rivers south of Galilee.

When the Genesis account was compiled it was a very long time after the Flood, let alone when Eden may have actually been on the Earth. Hence perhaps the river sources and geography would have likely been radically unrecognisable.
Even so, a different configuration which matches the Bible description may have existed in the antediluvian age and Pangaea. Remember too, Asshur, Havilah and Cush did not exist prior to the Flood and therefore the writer of the account is using post-flood geography (and ethnicities) to describe a pre-flood environment.

The above map highlights the River Jordan running through the once (proposed) land of Eden, stretching from the Sea of Galilee in the North to the Dead Sea in the South; with its four branching tributary rivers: Yarmouk; Naher Ez-Zarqa; Wadi El-Hassa; and Wadi El-Mojeb. The land to the West – level with the top of the Dead Sea – reaching to Jerusalem, corresponding with the Garden of Eden.
Cryptic clues to the location of the Garden of Eden are indirectly given in the Book of Jubilees, when the land inheritance for Japheth, Ham and Shem’s descendants is proclaimed by Noah. The boundaries of Eden are included for Shem and Ham, though not for Japheth’s sons as they lived far to the north of Eden’s boundaries.
Book of Jubilees 8:12-24
12 ‘And there came forth on the writing as Shem’s lot the middle of the earth which he should take as an inheritance for himself and for his sons… 14 And his portion extends along the great sea [Mediterranean Sea], and it extends in a straight line till it reaches the west of the tongue which looks towards the south: for this sea is named the tongue of the Egyptian Sea [Red Sea].
15 And it turns from here towards the south towards the mouth of the great sea on the shore of (its) waters, and it extends to the west to ‘Afra, and it extends till it reaches the waters of the river Gihon, and to the south of the waters of Gihon, to the banks of this river [River Nile]. 16 And it extends towards the east, till it reaches the Garden of Eden, to the south thereof, [to the south] and from the east of the whole land of Eden and of the whole east, it turns to the east and proceeds till it reaches the east of the mountain named Rafa, and it descends to the bank of the mouth of the river Tina.
17 This portion came forth by lot for Shem and his sons, that they should possess it… 19 And he knew that the [1] Garden of Eden is the kodesh [Holy] of kodeshim [Holies], and the dwelling of Yahweh, and [2] Mount Sinai the centre of the desert, and [3] Mount Zion [Jerusalem] the centre of the navel of the earth: these three were created as kodesh [Holy] places facing each other.
21 And he knew that a blessed portion and a blessing had come to Shem and his sons… the whole land of Eden and the whole land of the Red Sea…and all the land of Bashan, and all the land of Lebanon… a blessed and spacious land, and all that is in it is very good.
22 And for Ham came forth the second portion, beyond the Gihon [Nile River] towards the south to the right of the Garden [as viewed from the North]…’

The references seem on first reading jumbled overall and confusing regarding south, east and to the ‘right’ of the garden; almost as if the map is being read upside down. The repeated references to the River Gihon are not much help, unless of course – and one cannot help but think – it is the River Nile.
On one hand, the information leaves the reader none the wiser… except for verses sixteen and nineteen. Here lies valuable information. If verse sixteen refers to the River Nile, then a straight line from its northern delta region eastwards meets first Jerusalem and then the Dead Sea.
In connection with verse nineteen, it is worth noting that there are two viable locations for Mount Sinai. We will not digress and discuss the topic here, as comprehensive research has already been conducted – refer Appendix VII: Moses, the Exodus & the Red Sea Crossing – Fabrication or Fact? The traditional site is Mt Horeb or Jebel Musa in the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. The other site, believed to be the mountain Moses ascended to receive the tablets of the Law is Jabal Al-Lawz, due east across the Arabian Gulf on the very western tip of the Arabian Peninsula in an area where Abraham’s son Midian an his descendants once dwelt.
This region would have been where Moses fled, when he departed Egypt in haste. He met his future father-in-law, Jethro the Priest of Midian and lived forty years with his family as a farmer – Chapter XXVII Abraham & Keturah – Benelux & Scandinavia.
Drawing a straight line from the alternative Mt Sinai through Jerusalem, amazingly brings one to the area northwest of the Sea of Galilee, in the region of Tyre – the land of the Cedars of Lebanon no less. Drawing a line from the traditional Mt Sinai through Jerusalem, fascinatingly brings one to the Sea of Galilee and continuing northeast to none other than Mount Hermon. Was this the Mountain of God in the Garden of Eden? Could Eden have encompassed the land within the triangle formed from Mount Sinai north to Lebanon and east to Bashan. Is this why Mount Hermon in Bashan was chosen by the Watcher angels for their descent? Is this why Nephilim and Elioud giants such as King Og, congregated in this area? Today, this disputed region is held by the Israelis after seizing it from Syria during the 1967 Six day War and is known as the Golan Heights, or simply Golan.
Bashan means ‘fruitful’ or ‘smooth.’ There are two insightful verses regarding Bashan.
Jeremiah 50:19
English Standard Version
‘I will restore Israel [the sons of Jacob, not the state of Israel] to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel [H3759 and H3760 – Karmel] and in Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.’
Nahum 1:4
English Standard Version
‘He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither; the bloom of Lebanon withers.’
The reader has learned that Lebanon is described being within Eden and seen the link between Bashan and Eden. We have a third region and name, Carmel. What now becomes startling, is that these three geographic locations form an almost horizontal geographic line. Could this be the historic northern boundary line of ancient Eden?
The Hebrew word for Carmel means: a ‘plantation, garden-land, orchard’ or ‘fruit.’ This is a vital piece of information and surely cannot be coincidence. It also means ‘a planted field’ and ‘garden produce’ in being ‘full (green) east (of corn), plentiful.’ The word is translated as: ‘fruitful field, plentiful field, full ear, green ear, full ears of corn’ and ‘plentiful.’
Bashan means fruitful, Carmel means plentiful, as well as a ‘garden’ or ‘park’ and Lebanon means pure and Eden means luxury. These names are painting a very obvious picture of a rich and blessed land, with plentiful produce. Carmel is actually Mount Carmel located on the Mediterranean coast of northern Israel, just south of the modern city of Haifa.
Mount Carmel is famous for the showdown between Elijah and the 450 prophets of Baal (and the 400 prophets of Asherah), all in the service of Jezebel and her wicked husband King Ahab, the seventh king of Israel – 1 Kings 18:19-20, 42. Mount Carmel is due west from the Sea of Galilee and half way between the two is the city of Nazareth, where Christ was raised – Matthew 2:22-23; Luke 4:34.
Mark 1:9
English Standard Version
‘In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.‘
Certain possibilities entertained previously have been the association of Adam with the colour red and whether his origins could be linked to the red planet, Mars. By extension, was Eden originally situated there and hence the difficulty in locating Eden or its garden here on Earth. Even Nibiru (Planet 9) is associated with the colour red – refer Chapter XXII Alpha & Omega. Could Adam have originated on this planet (star)? Is the celestial Eden linked with this mysterious orbiting cosmic orb?
Yet it seems plausible and logical that those commentators who have narrowed the search for Eden to the land of modern Palestine could be correct. The specific location of the Garden within another triangle formed inside the triangle of Eden; comprising Mount Zion, Mount Carmel and Mount Hermon, is supported by the Bible and the Book of Jubilees and thus difficult to ignore. The land of Nod in the region of ancient Babylon is a good fit symbolically as well as geographically. Until any new research arises to indicate otherwise, this hypothesis is the one this writer deems the most credible; if the geography of the Levant is not drastically different from that which existed prior to the great Flood.
An original excerpt transferred from Chapter XXII Alpha & Omega.
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