Genesis 2:13

Genesis 2:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
• New International Version (NIV)The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush.

Context of Genesis 2:13

11The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12(The gold of that land is pure; pearls and lapis lazuli are also there). The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through the entire land of Cush. 14The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates. 15The Lord God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.

Genesis 2:13 word by word

וְשֵֽׁם־הַנָּהָ֥ר הַשֵּׁנִ֖י גִּיח֑וֹן ה֣וּא הַסּוֹבֵ֔ב אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֶ֥רֶץ כּֽוּשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• riverנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• Gihonגִּיחוֹןgîychôn gichôn · GihonH1521
• it that compassethסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
• the whole landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Ethiopiaכּוּשׁkûsh · CushH3568

Cross-references for Genesis 2:13

• Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
• Isaiah 11:11At that time the sovereign master will again lift his hand to reclaim the remnant of his people from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the seacoasts.

Commentaries on Genesis 2:13

• 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. 13Gihon: The exact location is unknown, but some think it could be the Nile River or the Jordan River (as in the Greek version of Jeremiah 2:18; Josephus, Antiquities 1.1.3). Or according to Jewish tradition, it could be a river that once flowed through the Kidron Valley (1 Kings 1:33; 2 Chronicles 33:14). Although Cush often refers to ancient Ethiopia, the immediate setting here seems to be a region in Mesopotamia connected with Babylon (see 10:8). Cush…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 2:13

• Cush
• Eden
• Gihon
• God

In the dictionaries

• Ethiopia
• Ethiopia, Ethiopian
• Adam
• Alone
• Bdellium
• Bless
• Breathe
• Cleave
• Close
• Cush

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