安蘭老師的西洋占星教學講堂

2:8

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

神在東方的伊甸為人安排一個園子，讓人享受。「東方」非指中國，而是指人類的文化搖籃米所波大米，古時稱巴比倫，今日伊拉克之所在。「伊甸」（Eden）意即「快樂」，是一快樂平原之意，或指「怡人的地方」，表明神將人安置在一個優美的環境裡。讓人享受各種悅人眼目的樹木，也可享用各種好作食物的果子。「伊甸」位置無可考證，可能在幼發拉底和底格里斯二河的交匯處。

2:9

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

生命樹和分別善惡的樹(或稱知識樹)

園中設有兩棵重要的樹，就是分別善惡樹和生命樹。「分別」一詞原文為「知道」。分別善惡樹上果子可以使人有分辨是非的能力。生命樹是與壽命有關。若吃這棵樹上的果子，必延年益壽，永遠活著。神把這兩樹栽在伊甸園中，以作人順服的試驗，如不犯罪，則有永遠不死的生命。

2:10

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

伊甸園中有四道河。其中兩道名叫比遜（Pishon）意即「自由」，基訓（Gihon）意即「溪水」。這兩河今日已無法考查，可能因乾涸而消失，或改道而溶於伯拉大河。另外兩條名叫希底結（Hiddeqel）意即「迅速」，今譯底格里斯。伯拉（Perath）意即「爆發」，今譯幼發拉底。在伊甸園裡有黃金、珍珠和紅瑪瑙。可見神賜給人類是一個快樂而富有的家園。

2:11

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

2:12

And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

2:13

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia

2:14

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

2:15

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.