the Garden of Eden

noun phrase

in the Bible
: the garden where Adam and Eve first lived

Examples of the Garden of Eden in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Moon’s theology rests on the notion that Eve was seduced by Satan in the Garden of Eden before sleeping with Adam. TIME, 4 Apr. 2024 Some depict Biblical scenes, including one portraying Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and another with an image of baby Jesus. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024 Increasingly, the early years of baseball became his main area of research and led to his 2011 book, Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game, an exceptionally thorough work, written in a breezy style and filled with innumerably delightful and surprising facts. Frederic J. Frommer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024 Their symbolic power has a dark and thrilling history, beginning with their debut in the Garden of Eden, then turning up in Medusa’s coiffure, and even being found guilty for the murder of Cleopatra. Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024 Adam and Eve’s cautionary tale of humanity’s fall from grace in the Garden of Eden could provide a patron the public veneer of biblical piety. Christopher Knight, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024 What was lost in the Garden of Eden will be restored in the Kingdom of God. James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 In the Bible, the Euphrates was even mentioned as one of the four rivers that served the Garden of Eden. Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024 Season 1 took a deep dive into the pair's unlikely, millennia-spanning relationship, stretching from the Garden of Eden to Shakespearean England. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 20 July 2023

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“The Garden of Eden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Garden%20of%20Eden. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.

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