How the name “Eden” was born
We all know the story of Adam and Eva in the book of Genesis of the Old Testament . After six days of hard work God created man, Adam , and from one of his ribs she molded his companion, Eve .
Finally God placed the two ancestors of humanity in the garden of Eden , also known as Earthly Paradise , in which the first couple could have lived for eternity without worries:fruit, animals, goods of all kinds were offered to them spontaneously from that enchanted place, without the need to work the land or raise livestock.
The description of the garden in Genesis 2:10-14 states that the water of Eden irrigated four important areas:
Pishon , flowing in the land of Havilah ;
Gihon , which flows in the land of Cush ;
The Tigers , which flows into the eastern side of Assyria ;
and the fourth is the Euphrates .
It is also said that the garden has "every tree pleasing to the eye and good for food".
Two trees are identified:" the Tree of Life "In the middle of the garden and" the Tree of Knowledge ” of the good and evil.
“However, the Genesis is inconsistent at one point, Genesis 2:8-9; 3:1-3 has both trees in the middle of the garden, while Genesis 3:22-24 gives the possibility that both trees were planted on the east side of the garden in which Adam was originally created .
God he had placed two special trees in the middle of the garden:" the Tree of Life "And" the Tree of Knowledge ".
More attention was given" to the Tree of Knowledge "Respect" to the Tree of Life ".
The mention" of the Tree of Life ”Also plays an important role in storytelling. God forbade Adam and Eve to eat a fruit " from the tree of knowledge ".
The crucial question is: why didn't God forbid Adam and Eve from eating from the tree of life? God ordered them to eat from any tree except one:" the Tree of Knowledge ".
The Sumerian etymology of the term Eden gives us a message of extraordinary power:the atavistic memory of an era in which man was free from the slavery of work and social constraints, in which it was enough to reach out to get everything that the earth spontaneously offered us.
Wild fruits, game, water from rivers and rain were generously offered by the environment without the need to cultivate, raise or dig wells.
Eden is, ultimately, the representation of the style of Mesolithic life, when man, despite the extreme precariousness of his existence, lived in the world with the same lightness and simplicity as other living beings.