Genesis 2:10-14

Here we are given a description of the Garden of Eden. The problem is that no place matches this description. What? Does this mean that the Bible is wrong? Not at all! This description is of the location of Eden in the pre-flood world. Also, the places named are not necessarily the places we recognize by those names today. In both Australia and the United States there are places that are named after places in England. Similarly, Noah and his family would probably name areas around them with familiar names of their home area before the flood. The one thing that we do know, is that most of the locations mentioned in the Bible are located in the Middle East. The change in the topography of the Earth caused by the flood has forever hidden God's garden. The good news is that if we are born-again, we will have an even more beautiful and wonderful home in the future (See Rev 22:1-5).

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