Eden, << EE duhn, >> was a region described in the Bible as the place where God planted a garden for Adam and Eve. The name comes from a Sumerian word that means plain. Chapter 2 of Genesis tells that the garden contained beautiful fruit-bearing trees, and the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. A stream flowed from the garden and divided into four rivers. Two of these are thought to be the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The other two, called Pishon and Gihon, have not been identified. The four rivers may represent an ancient belief in four great streams that surrounded the world. See also Adam and Eve .
