In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground-trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. “Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden and there he put the man he had formed. The Hebrew word translated “Eden” is taken to mean “pleasure” or “delight.” In this area God planted a garden: Tomorrow on the Daily Bible Verse Blog: “The Two Trees.Eden was the name of a region of the earth when God first created the world. Tomorrow, we will read about the two trees that were placed in the garden-which represented the two broad choices the first humans beings had to choose between. Until the first humans made the decision to go a different direction, they enjoyed the blessings and benefits of living in a perfect world, under a perfect God who oversaw and implemented a perfect government based on perfect laws that resulted in a perfect environment.
Studying Galatians 5:22-23 and James 3:17-18 provides a beautiful description of what life is like under the perfect guiding influence of God’s government and law. Perfect peace, order and innocence characterized life for the first humans because they were initially only influenced by God, and for a short time they obeyed Him (that, of course, later changed). The Bible reveals, “God is not the author of confusion but of peace” (1 Corinthians 14:33). God’s government-with the preexistent Jesus Christ as the leader and God’s laws in place as the perfect standard-ruled the garden. Why was life so idyllic and perfect in the Garden of Eden at this time? The answer is because God’s presence was directly there and sin had not yet entered the human realm.
There was no danger, worry, violence, sickness or stress. This garden represented perfect peace and safety for the first human beings. Adam’s regular job was to “tend and keep” the garden (verse 15). Adam was given the task of naming all the animals (verses 19-20). At this time, all animals were tame and designed to live at peace with human beings. The garden was filled with vegetation that was designed to provide perfect nutrition (verse 16) for impeccable human health. The climate would have been finely tuned to be perfect for humans to live without clothing-it would not have been too cold (requiring covering) or too warm (resulting in heat stroke or heat exhaustion). The Garden of Eden was the perfect environment for humans to live in. This garden was apparently located in the area of modern Iraq (east of Jerusalem and near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, Genesis 2:14). Eden means “pleasure” ( Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon) or “paradise” ( NIV Study Bible, p. The name of this location- Eden-provides a description of what it was like. God planted a garden for the first humans to learn, live, develop and work in. In Genesis 2:8 we are introduced to the location where our first parents were placed by God. The L ORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
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