Genesis 2:13

And the name of the second river is Geon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 good, there also is carbuncle and emerald.

14And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:8And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a giant upon 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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