Genesis 2:13

The name of the second river is Gihon. It is the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.

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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. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.

14The name of the third river is Hiddekel. This is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:8Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on 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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