Genesis 2:13
“And the name of the second riuer is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.”
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Genesis 2:13 Context
11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Hauilah, where there is gold. 12And the gold of that land is good: There is Bdellium and the Onix stone. 13And the name of the second riuer is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. 14And the name of the third riuer is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the East of Assyria: and the fourth riuer is Euphrates. 15And the LORD God tooke the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dresse it, and to keepe it.
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And the name of the second river [is] Gihon: the same [is] it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
- King James Version
The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush.
- Basic English Bible
And the name of the second river is Gihon: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Cush.
- Darby Bible
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
- Webster's Bible
The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
- World English Bible
and the name of the second river [is] Gibon, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible