Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—E

Eden

Paradise, the country and garden in which Adam and Eve were placed by God (Gen. ii. 15). The word means delight, pleasure.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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