Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 68
? 61 mention of Adam (peace be on him)]. Says the Genesis: "And the Lord God planted a Garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 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. ” (Chapter 2, Verses 8 & 9) Here the Bible asserts that after the birth of Adam (peace be on him), God, the Excellent planted a garden in Eden wherein He grew all kinds of trees and in the middle of the garden He planted the tree of life and of discrimination between good and evil. I will elaborate it elsewhere whether the tree of life was a different one from the tree of discrimination between good and evil or the two are really one and the same tree. I think the two trees were not separate but a single and identical plant. But the Bible is very hesitant and undecided on the point, showing the two sometimes as one and at others as two distinct trees.