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    Eden

    EE-dun

    Meaning

    Delight; Paradise; Pleasure

    Hebrew origin · Unisex · First in Genesis

    What it points to

    Eden — 'delight' — reminds us that God's original purpose was joy, beauty, and intimate communion. The story of redemption is the journey back to Eden — to restored fellowship with our Creator.

    Verses · King James Version

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

    Genesis 2:8

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

    Genesis 2:15

    Most used in the 2000s (US records)

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