Eden for Fun
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In Genesis 2, (dn is placed at the head of four rivers, the Euphrates [ prt ], the Gihon [ gyxwn ], the Pison [ py#n ], and the Hiddekel [xdkl ], probably the Tigris. Both the Tigris and Euphrates have the head waters in the same region of southern (Kurdish) Turkey. There are of course other rivers in this region (e.g. Zab, Diyala, or Khabur). The writer (the DH folks would say this is ?J?) seems to be thinking again of northern Mesopotamia or the highland around it.
Question; could there be some connectio between Gihon [gyxwn] and Gozan [gwzn]?
...Agreed. Among others, David Rohl has looked into this idea in his book "Legend".
So it would seem that there is some idea in the OT that Eden was to the north and west of Mesopotamia.
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