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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. 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.

Context of Genesis 2:14

12The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there. 13The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush. The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. 15Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. 16The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely;

Genesis 2:14 word by word

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

• The nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of the thirdשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992
• riverנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• Tigrisחִדֶּ֫קֶלchiddeqel · TigrisH2313
• flowsהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• 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, while I was by the bank of the great river, that is, the Tigris,
• Genesis 10:11From that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,
• Genesis 25:18They settled from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt as one goes toward Assyria; he settled in defiance of all his relatives.
• Genesis 15:18On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:
• Deuteronomy 1:7Turn and set 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 Negev 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 border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the river Euphrates, as far as the western sea.
• Revelation 9:14one saying 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