Garden of Eden
First biblical home
The Garden of Eden is the paradise described in Genesis where God placed the first humans, Adam and Eve, before their expulsion for eating forbidden fruit.
The phrase evokes a state of pristine innocence, abundance, and harmony with nature—a world before suffering or shame: The valley was a Garden of Eden, untouched by development.
Often shortened to Eden.
- Adam and EveBiblical original humans
- original sinInherited spiritual corruption
- heavenSky or bliss
- forbidden fruitEnticing thing that's prohibited
- serpentCunning, limbless reptile
Genesis · fall of man · Eve · fig leaf · Adam · cherubim · innocence · state of grace · temptation · Tree of Life · Valhalla · divine creation · first woman · bliss · flaming sword · angel · creation narrative · apple
- Biblical ReferencesAdam and Eve, ark, forbidden fruit, Ten Commandments, burning bush
- Biblical ExpressionsDavid and Goliath, Good Samaritan, prodigal son, forbidden fruit, Tower of Babel
- mystical placesAtlantis, Avalon, Shangri-La, El Dorado, Lemuria
- Mythical PlacesAtlantis, Avalon, El Dorado, Shangri-La, Utopia
- Biblical imageryLamb of God, Good Shepherd, bread of life, light of the world, living water
- biblical themescreation, messiah, covenant, salvation, redemption
Garden of EdenHell
Underworld of torment
Gehenna · Hades · lake of fire · Tartarus · Inferno
Garden of Edenwasteland
Uninhabitable barren region
desert · wilderness · desolation · dust bowl · scorched earth
garden, paradise, gardening, gardens, gardener, gardeners, Eden, gardenless, gardenlike