Garden of Eden

After God created man and woman, he also had a very special place prepared for them. We all know this as the Garden of Eden and we envisage this as a paradise. In the Garden, God also placed many trees that man can eat from. Recently, I have realised that different versions of the Bible may describe the two trees, Tree of Life and Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in different ways.

In the NIV, it seems to suggest that there many trees which are good for food and the two trees are included in them. In the King James it appears that the two separate Trees are singled out - this means that the two special trees were not intended for food, at least not yet. This is no surprise for the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, because God specifically said we can eat from it. However, considering the Tree of Life, this may lead to profound revelations about doctrine. The main uncertainty I found is that has Adam and Eve been regularly eating from the Tree of Life.Alternatively, even if the fruit of the Tree of Life is allowed to be eaten, was it being saved for a later time.

The scripture verses also tell us exactly where the Garden of Eden is, thus establishing the historical accuracy of the Bible. The only difficulty is that two of the four rivers mentioned (Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, Euphrates), has been lost through time. Knowing these four rivers would allow us to pinpoint he location of the Garden of Eden.

The article here mentions the possible location of the Garden of Eden being the location where Kuwait, Iran and Iraq meets.
http://www.focusmagazine.org/Articles/pishonriver.htm


Genesis 2:
⁸ The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. ⁹ And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 
¹⁰ Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. ¹¹ The name of the first is Pishon; it isthe one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. ¹² And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. ¹³ The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. ¹⁴ The name of the third river is Hiddekel;^[b] it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates. 
¹⁵ Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. ¹⁶ And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; ¹⁷ but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”