4/2/2023 0 Comments Euphrates gihon river bible![]() ![]() Had that river not first irrigated Paradise it would not have divided up into four sources outside it. " Notice that here too it calls the delightful land of Paradise "Eden." Read MoreĪfter having spoken of Paradise and the day on which it was planted, as well as the introduction into it of Adam, and the Tree of Life and its companion, Scripture turns to describe the river which goes out from its midst, and how it is divided up outside Paradise into four sources: "A river was issuing from Eden to irrigate Paradise. For if the waters of our lands vary, all being placed under the sentence of a curse, how much more distinct should the taste of the blessed land of Eden be from the taste of that land that had been placed under the curse of the Just One due to Adam’s transgression of the. The four rivers that flowed from that river were not similar in taste to the headspring. But if someone should say that because they are spiritual, they drink from the blessed and spiritual waters there, I would not quarrel over this. I would suggest that it was perhaps due to convention that it is said “to water,” since the spiritual trees of paradise had no need of water. If that river had indeed watered paradise, it would not have divided into the four rivers outside it. Moses turned to write about the river that flowed out from paradise and that, once outside of it, divided into four distinct sources, saying, “A river flowed out of Eden to water paradise.” Here too Moses calls the delightful land of paradise Eden. You have read, then, that a fount was there and that 'a river rose in Eden,' ,/cite that is, in your soul there exists a. Is not this stream our Lord Jesus Christ, the Fount as well as the Father of eternal life? It is written: 'For with thee is the fountain of life.' Hence: 'From within him there shall flow living waters.' We read of a fountain and a river which irrigates in Paradise the fruit-bearing tree that bears fruit for life eternal. There was a fount which irrigated the land of Paradise. Adam exists there as nous and Eve as 'sense.' Take note of what this soul of ours has in the nature of defense against natural and weak tendencies or against situations which might be unfavorable to us in our attempts to avoid danger. Paradise is, therefore, a land of fertility-that is to say, a soul which is fertile-planted in Eden, that is, in a certain delightful or well-tilled land in which the soul finds pleasure. But how is the fount called the Wisdom of God? That this is a fount the Gospel tells us in the words “If anyone thirst, let him come to me and drink.” Wisdom is a foun. This name conveys its location even to fardistant peoples and besides expresses popular belief. The land enclosed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is called Mesopotamia because it lives between these two rivers. Gihon is the river Nile, which flows around the land of Egypt or Ethiopia. Pishon-so called by the Hebrews but named Ganges by the Greeks-flows in the direction of India. The name of the third river is Tigris, which river flows by the Assyrians. This river encircles all the land of Ethiopia. And the gold of that land is good bdellium and onyx are there. “The river,” we are told, “is separated into four branches.” The name of one is Pishon, which encircles all the land of Hevila, where there is gold. ![]()
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