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The Garden of Eden (Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן, Gan ʿEdhen; Arabic: جنة
عدن, Jannat ʿAdn)[1] is described in the Bible's Book of Genesis
as being the place where the first man, Adam, and his wife, Eve,
lived after they were created by God. Literally, the Bible
speaks about a garden in Eden (Gen. 2:8). This garden forms part
of the Genesis creation narrative and theodicy of the Abrahamic
religions, often being used to explain the origin of sin and
mankind's wrongdoings.
The Genesis creation narrative relates the geographical location
of both Eden and the garden to four rivers (Pishon, Gihon,
Tigris, Euphrates), and three regions (Havilah, Assyria, and
Kush). There are hypotheses' that place Eden at the headwaters
of the Tigris and Euphrates (northern Mesopotamia), in Iraq
(Mesopotamia), Africa, and the Persian Gulf. For many medieval
writers, the image of the Garden of Eden also creates a location
for human love and sexuality, often associated with the classic
and medieval trope of the locus amoenu
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