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Was the Garden of Eden created on the third or sixth day of Creation?
I am having serious problems interpreting this passage from Genesis involving the Garden of Eden.
According to Genesis 2:8-17, where the creation of the Garden is described, it seems to say that the ...
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What is the scriptural basis for believing that animals talking was normal before the Fall?
In the book of Genesis, the serpent speaks to Eve at Genesis 3:1-5.
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the
LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really ...
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How long did Adam stay in Eden?
Are there hints in the Bible or are there any hypotheses about the period of time Adam and Eve sojourned in Eden after their creation?
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Did Adam need to tend the Garden of Eden because the biocycle a sinful process?
When Adam was created, there was no sin in this world. We are told that the wages of sin are death. My assumption therefore would be that prior to sin, nothing died.
So this leads me to a bit of a ...
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Which mountain is the "Prophet Mountain" Anne Catherine Emmerich mentions in her writings?
In writing down her visions of the Creation and Fall of Man and of all Biblical events, Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich mentions a Prophet Mountain from where she has seen Paradise, she writes. Is ...
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Was Eden different from the rest of the world? [closed]
Gen 2:8
The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
This could sound like Eden was a special place, planted after Adam's creation, and different ...
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According to Catholicism and Revelation are we going to be able to eat meat in Heaven or the Garden of Eden?
Will be able to eat meat or will we be like Adam and Eve eating a non-meat based diet in heaven or the Garden of Eden?
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Latter Day Saints, Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden
It was pointed out in this answer and this answer that in the book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 2:22-23 it states
And now, behold, if Adam had not transgressed he would not have fallen, but he would have ...
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Where does Augustine say that Adam and Eve were in Eden for just six hours before sinning?
In Calvin's Commentary on Genesis, he spends some time dealing with the question of how long Adam and Eve were in the garden of Eden together before they sinned. He writes:
The opinion has been ...
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What is the Biblical basis that it was was the second person of the Trinity that walked in the garden of Eden?
Genesis 3:8 tells us:
Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was
walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the
Lord God among the trees of the ...
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What is the biblical basis for the belief that Satan was the serpent in the Garden of Eden?
This seems to be the generally accepted belief, and it's taught to children in Sunday School in many churches, but is there biblical basis for it? Here's the actual text:
1 Now the serpent was more ...
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Is the tree of "knowledge of good and evil" the same as the "tree of life"?
Is there one off-limits tree in the Garden of Eden or two? Genesis speaks of the tree of knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:17) and then later talks of the tree of life (Genesis 3:22). Are they the ...
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Did Adam and Eve have children in paradise? [closed]
I was just reading the account of Adam and Eve in the NIV 84 and it doesn't really say they didn't.
The Bible does mention when Sarah had her first boy. When Mary had her first son. But not really ...
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Before the fall of Adam, did anything die? [closed]
This seems like a simple question, but I cannot find a clear answer. The book of Genesis (1:29,30), implies that Adam just ate "plants and herbs". So I think it is safe to assume animals were not ...
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In which region of earth is the Garden of Eden located?
Genesis 2:15(NIV)
The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it
and take care of it.
I'm curious to know, now, in which which country is the Garden of Eden located? (...
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Why did God need to plant the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden of Eden in the first place? [closed]
Why did God need to plant the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden of Eden in the first place?
I mean Mormons say that God was in fact having a hidden desire for Adam and Eve to disobey ...
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Why did God make it a sin to eat an apple?
Eating a fruit* is not even a real wicked deed like killing somebody or something. Why did this whole sin thing get started with something so innocuous that by today's standard it wouldn't even be ...
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