Key Information
Garden of Eden
| Type | Garden or Park |
| Area | Unknown |
| Rivers | Pishon, Gihon, Hiddekel (Tigris), Euphrates |
Learning Point
- The Garden of Eden is the place where Jehovah God first settled Adam and Eve. It was a beautiful and cultivated paradise. It was probably somewhere in modern Türkiye, though nothing remains of the garden today.
Project
- Draw a picture of what you imagine the garden of Eden to look like.
- Overview
Media
Location
| Location | Possibly in Türkiye (Turkey) |
Fun Facts
- The garden of Eden may have been a part of the land the Bible describes as Eden.
- It had one river that split into four, two of which exist in some form today, the Euphrates and the Tigris (called Hiddekel in the account in Genesis).
- The name ‘Eden’ means ‘pleasure’, and the Greek word used to describe the word for garden is where we get the word ‘paradise’ from.
- It is likely that the garden was surrounded by some natural barrier, such as mountains.
- The garden likely was destroyed in the Flood.
Past Lessons
| 174 | November 3, 2025 | (North America) |