Genesis 2:13

And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 very good: there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone.

14And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:8Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty on 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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