Genesis 2:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that flows around the whole land of Cush.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The second river is named Gihon; it is the one flowing around the whole land of Cush.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.

Common English Bible

The name of the second river is the Gihon. It flows around the entire land of Cush.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the name of the second river is the Gehon; it is that which runs through all the land of Ethiopia.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia.

Genesis 2:13 Cross References

Genesis 10:6

The descendants of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

Genesis 10:8

Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first on earth to become a mighty warrior.

Genesis 2:11

The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold,

Genesis 2:12

and the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Isaiah 11:11

On that day the Lord will again raise his hand to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.