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Man and Woman in the Garden

Genesis 2:13

In 11 translations

BSB
The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
KJV
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.Ethiopia: Heb. Cush
WEB
The name of the second river is Gihon. It is the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
ASV
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
LSV
and the name of the second river [is] Gihon, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;
YLT
and the name of the second river [is] Gibon, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;
DBY
And the name of the second river is Gihon: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Cush.
DRC
And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia.
GNV
And the name of the seconde riuer is Gihon: the same compasseth the whole lande of Cush.
JPS
And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
LXXE
And the name of the second river is Geon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְשֵֽׁם־הַנָּהָ֥ר הַשֵּׁנִ֖י גִּיח֑וֹן ה֣וּא הַסּוֹבֵ֔ב אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֶ֥רֶץ כּֽוּשׁ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ὄνομα τῷ ποταμῷ τῷ δευτέρῳ, Γεῶν· οὗτος ὁ κυκλῶν πᾶσαν τὴν γὴν Αἰθιοπίας.

Who and where

📍 Ethiopia📍 Gihon◆ Creation of Adam and Eve

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
  • Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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