Genesis 2:13

And the shem of the second nahar is Gichon; the same is it that winds through kol eretz Kush.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 zahav of that land is tov; there is [the gemstone] bedolach and the even (gemstone) hashoham. + 2:12 this onyx gemstone is used in the construction of the Kohen Gadolʼs Bigdei HaKodesh

14And the shem of the third nahar is Chiddekel ( Tigris): + 2:14 See Dan 10:4 that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth nahar is Euphrates.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:8And Cush fathered Nimrod; he began to be a gibbor in ha'aretz.

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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