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==Location== | ==Location== | ||
The location of Eden is described as the source of four tributaries. Various suggestions have been made for its location: at the head of the Persian Gulf, in southern Mesopotamia | The location of Eden is described as the source of four tributaries. Various suggestions have been made for its location: at the head of the Persian Gulf, in southern Mesopotamia, in Armenia, or even locations entirely outside the Middle East. Others theorize that Eden was the entire Fertile Crescent or a region of "considerable size" in Mesopotamia, where its native inhabitants still exist in cities such as Telassar. | ||
Genesis 2:10–14 lists four rivers in association with the garden of Eden: | Genesis 2:10–14 lists four rivers in association with the garden of Eden: | ||