Genesis 2:14

and the name of the third river is the Tigris, which heads toward the east of Asshur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

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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

13The name of the second river is Gihon, which flows around the whole land of Cush,

15Then the Lord God took the human and placed him in the garden of Eden to till it and to care for it.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:11Asshur left that land and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,

Genesis 15:18At that time the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt unto 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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