Genesis 2:14

Genesis 2:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called the Euphrates.

Context of Genesis 2:14

12And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. 13The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. 15The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,

Genesis 2:14 word by word

וְשֵׁ֨ם הַנָּהָ֤ר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי֙ חִדֶּ֔קֶל ה֥וּא הַֽהֹלֵ֖ךְ קִדְמַ֣ת אַשּׁ֑וּר וְהַנָּהָ֥ר הָֽרְבִיעִ֖י ה֥וּא פְרָֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of the thirdשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992
• riverנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• Hiddekelחִדֶּ֫קֶלchiddeqel · TigrisH2313
• it which goeth towardהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• the eastקִדְמָהqidmâh · eastH6926
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• And the fourthרְבִיעִיrebîy‛îy rebi‛îy · fourthH7243
• Euphratesפְּרָתperâth · EuphratesH6578

Cross-references for Genesis 2:14

• Daniel 10:4On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river (that is, the Tigris)
• Genesis 10:11From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and
• Genesis 25:18They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.
• Genesis 15:18On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,
• Deuteronomy 1:7Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negeb and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
• Deuteronomy 11:24Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours. Your territory shall be from the wilderness to the Lebanon and from the River, the river Euphrates, to the western sea.
• Revelation 9:14saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates."

Commentaries on Genesis 2:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 - XI. The Garden 8. גן gan “garden, park,” ́ paradeisos “an enclosed piece of ground.” עדן ‛ēden “Eden, delight.” קדם qedem “fore-place, east; foretime.” 11. פישׁון pı̂yshôn Pishon; related: “flow over, spread, leap.” חוילה chăvı̂ylâh Chavilah. חול chôl “sand.” חבל chebel “region.” 12. בדלם bedolam ̓́ anthrax “carbuncle,” (Septuagint) ́ bdellion a gum of eastern countries, Arabia, India, Media (Josephus, etc.). The pearl (Kimchi). שׁהם…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 The place fixed upon for Adam to dwell in, was not a palace, but a garden. The better we take up with plain things, and the less we seek things to gratify pride and luxury, the nearer we approach to innocency. Nature is content with a little, and that which is most natural; grace with less; but lust craves every thing, and is content with nothing. No delights can be satisfying to the soul, but those which God himself has provided and appointed…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Tigris … Euphrates: These well-known rivers flow from the mountains of eastern Turkey.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 2:14

• Assyria
• Eden
• Euphrates
• God
• Hiddekel

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Adam
• Alone
• Asshur
• Bdellium
• Bless
• Breathe
• Cleave
• Close

Commentaries on Genesis 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings