| There is no such thing as the Garden "of " Eden. Notice in 2:8, God went out and gathered up man whom He made and placed man "in" the Garden. |
| The appropriate name then is "The Garden 'in' Eden." |
| The plants in 2:5 where the plants "In The Garden" and not the plants of General creation found in 1:12. |
| The East is associated with God's judgment. (3:24; 11:2; 13:11) |
| In 2:9 there are two trees mentioned and it is only the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil that is prohibited. (Gen. 2: 17) |