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== Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia <ref name="term_308" /> == | == Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia <ref name="term_308" /> == | ||
# <i> [[Location]] </i> . It is impossible to locate the [[Garden]] of Delights. Even if the ravages of time left a dim outline of its glories for a few Centuries, everything would have been blotted out by the flood. The [[Thoughtful]] student will readily conclude that it covered a large Territory. Its products were varies, and were those peculiar to every [[Zone]] ( [[Genesis]] 2:8,9 ). The portion of the garden over which [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] roamed in sinless bliss was doubtless in a tropical climate, for they [[Lived]] there without clothing ( Genesis 1:25 ), and the fig tree grew in primitive luxuriance ( Genesis 3:7 ). <p> </p> # <i> Inhabitants </i> . It appears that Adam was the first and lonely [[Inhabitant]] of Eden. [[He]] was required to dress and keep it. To him the [[Law]] involving life and death were given. [[All]] the inhabitants of earth And air passed before him, and he named them all; but for him there was Not found a suitable companion, and to meet this want, the woman was [[Created]] and placed in the garden with him ( Genesis 2:8-23 ). <p> </p> # <i> Law of [[Marriage]] </i> . When the woman was presented to the man, the [[Lord]] declared, in view of the fact that she was bone of his bone And flesh of his flesh, a man should leave his father and mother and [[Cleave]] to his wife, and they should be one flesh ( Genesis 2:21-24 ). This law has never been repealed ( [[Matthew]] 19:1-9 ). <p> </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_308"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/condensed-biblical-cyclopedia/garden+of+eden Garden Of Eden from Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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