Tree of Life Version
Genesis 2:13
13The name of the second river is Gihon—it winds around the whole land of Cush.
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, the one that winds around the whole land of the Havilah, where there is gold. 12The gold of that land is good—bdellium and lapis lazuli stones are also there. The name of the second river is Gihon—it winds around the whole land of Cush. 14The name of the third river is Tigris—it runs east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. 15Then Adonai Elohim took the man and gave him rest in the Garden of Eden in order to cultivate and watch over it.
Read all of Genesis 2Genesis 2:13 word by word
וְשֵֽׁם־הַנָּהָ֥ר הַשֵּׁנִ֖י גִּיח֑וֹן ה֣וּא הַסּוֹבֵ֔ב אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֶ֥רֶץ כּֽוּשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Genesis 2:13
- Genesis 10:6Ham’s sons were Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.
- Isaiah 11:11It will also come about in that day that my Lord will again redeem— a second time with His hand— the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
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
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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
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