פִּישׁוֹן
Pishon
Circles the whole land of Havilah, where the gold is.
Bereshit (Genesis) 2:11
The World
The Garden of Eden, in the Torah's own words.
Bereshit (Genesis) gives Eden real detail: named rivers, two named trees, a land of gold and guards at the gate. That's where the game starts.
גַּן עֵדֶן
Gan Eden, the Garden of Eden
The four rivers of Eden.
וְנָהָר יֹצֵא מֵעֵדֶן לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת־הַגָּן
גִּיחוֹן
Gihon
Circles the whole land of Cush.
Bereshit (Genesis) 2:13
חִדֶּקֶל
Chiddekel
Runs east of Ashur. You may know it as the Tigris.
Bereshit (Genesis) 2:14
פְּרָת
Perat
The fourth river, with nothing more said. You may know it as the Euphrates.
Bereshit (Genesis) 2:14
What's in the garden
עֵץ הַחַיִּים
Etz HaChayim
The Tree of Life
It stands in the middle of the garden. By the end of the story, keruvim guard the way to it.
Bereshit (Genesis) 2:9
עֵץ הַדַּעַת
Etz HaDa'at
The Tree of Knowledge
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and the one command the story turns on.
Bereshit (Genesis) 2:9
שֵׁמוֹת
Shemot
The creatures and their names
Every creature is brought to the man, and what he calls it becomes its name.
Bereshit (Genesis) 2:19–20
הַנָּחָשׁ
HaNachash
The serpent
Crafty beyond every creature of the field, and he opens with a question.
Bereshit (Genesis) 3:1
כְּרוּבִים
Keruvim
The keruvim
Stationed east of the garden, with the flame of the turning sword.
Bereshit (Genesis) 3:24
אֲדָמָה
Adamah
The ground
The man, adam, is formed from the ground, adamah. The Hebrew puts the connection right in the words.
Bereshit (Genesis) 2:7
גַּן עֵדֶן
Be first into the next chapter.
Miketz, Vayigash and Vayechi are still to come. Join the list and hear when new chapters open.
תּוֹדָהTodah. You're on the list.
