Genesis 2:8

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Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

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The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

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Cush likely refers to a region south of Egypt, while Assyria lay in northern Mesopotamia; the Tigris and Euphrates are major rivers of Mesopotamia. Though named in the passage’s surrounding river

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Genesis 2:8 mentions Assyria, Cush, Euphrates and Tigris.

Photo of Assyria — Assyria · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

Photo of Tigris — Tigris · Dûrzan cîrano