Genesis 2:13 - Easy To Read Version

¹³ The name of the second river was Gihon. This river flowed around the entire country of Ethiopia. [14]

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ The second river is named Gihon; it is the one flowing around the whole land of Cush.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.

Common English Bible

¹³ The name of the second river is the Gihon. It flows around the entire land of Cush.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And the name of the second river is the Gehon; it is that which runs through all the land of Ethiopia.

Genesis 2:13 Cross References

Genesis 10:6

Ham’s sons were: Cush, [59] Mizraim, [60] Put, and Canaan.

Genesis 10:8

Cush also had a son named Nimrod. Nimrod became a very powerful man on earth.

Genesis 2:11

The name of the first river was Pishon. This river flowed around the entire country of Havilah. [11]

Genesis 2:12

(There is gold in that country, and that gold is good. There are also Bdellium [12] and Onyx [13] in that country.)

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river was Tigris. [15] This river flowed east of Assyria. The fourth river was the Euphrates. [16]

Isaiah 11:11

At that time, my Master (God) will again reach out and take his people that are left. This will be the second time God has done this. \{(These are God’s people that are left in countries like Assyria, North Egypt, South Egypt, Ethiopia, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and all the faraway countries around the world.)