Genesis 2:13

And the name of the second river is the Gehon; it is that which runs through all the land of Ethiopia.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

12and the gold of that land is the finest. In that place is found bdellium and the onyx stone.

14Truly, the name of the third river is the Tigris; it advances opposite the Assyrians. But the fourth river, it is the Euphrates.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:8And then Cush conceived Nimrod; he began to be powerful on the earth.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 2:9-16

The Garden of Eden. ( b. c. 4004.) 8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 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. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the… Read the whole commentary →

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