The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 16 : Genesis 2:8-14 – Second Paragraph: The Planting of the Garden of Eden

THE GARDEN OF EDEN – ‘GARDEN’ IS ‘PARADISE’ IN THE LXX – THE ISRAELITES WERE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THESE ITEMS – VV. 10-14 : A DESCRIPTIVE DIGRESSION – CAN WE KNOW WHERE EDEN WAS LOCATED? – REMINDERS OF PARADISE LOST? – THE TREE OF LIFE : WAS THIS A MIRACULOUS TREE? – MAN NO LONGER HAS ACCESS TO THIS TREE OF LIFE – A METAPHOR FOR THAT WHICH GIVES MAN PLEASANT EXISTENCE – THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL : THIS WAS AN ACTUAL TREE – THE RESULTS OF EATING FROM THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL – THE FIRST AND SECOND ADAMS – APPENDIX : REVELATION 2:7 IN VARIOUS VERSIONS