Genesis 2:14

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

In Context

13And the name of the second river is Gihon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.

15And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:11Out of that land came Asshur, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

Genesis 15:18In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.

Deuteronomy 1:7Turn ye and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and go to all that dwell near about Arabah, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Canaanites near the sea, and Antilebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

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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