Genesis 2:14
And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
13And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia
15And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise for pleasure, to dress it, and keep it.
Cross References
Genesis 10:11Out of that land came forth Assur, and built Ninive, and the streets of the city, and Chale.
Genesis 15:18That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt even to the great river Euphrates.
Deuteronomy 1:7The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: You have stayed long enough in this mountain:
Daniel 10:4And in the four and twentieth day of the first month I was by the great river which is the Tigris.
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 →