Rivers of Paradise

"The Four Rivers of Paradise" redirects here. For a painting by Rubens, see The Four Continents.
Four rivers of Paradise in the 12th century manuscript

Rivers of Paradise,[1] the four rivers of Paradise,[2] or "the rivers of[3]/flowing from[4] Eden" are the four rivers described in Genesis 2:10–14,[5] where an unnamed stream flowing out of the Garden of Eden splits into four branches: Pishon, Gihon, Hiddekel (Tigris), and Phrath (Euphrates). These four rivers form a feature of the Garden that is popular in the Abrahamic religions.[6]

  1. ^ Kazhdan 1991.
  2. ^ Murray & Murray 1998.
  3. ^ Hosseinizadeh 2012.
  4. ^ Grant 1992, p. 109.
  5. ^ Gen 2:10–14
  6. ^ Hosseinizadeh 2012, p. 36.