A region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; the Garden of Eden was located here.
About Mesopotamia
The Greek name for the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Today, the area is called al-Jazira, “the island,” by the Arabs.
Mesopotamia, which means “between the rivers,” is applied to the land near the Tigris and Euphrates down to the Persian Gulf. Most of it is in Iraq, but some parts are in Syria and Turkey.
Key References
And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
All Scripture References (8)
Genesis (1)
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
Deuteronomy (1)
Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
Judges (2)
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.
1 Chronicles (1)
When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
Psalms (1)
You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.