The nameof the thirdriveris Tigris;it flowseastof Assyria.And the fourthriveris the Euphrates.
From that landhe wentforthinto Assyria,and builtNinevehand Rehoboth-Irand Calah,
The sonsof Shem[were] Elamand Asshurand Arpachshadand Ludand Aram.
On that daythe LORDmadea covenantwith Abram,saying,"To your descendantsI have giventhisland,From the riverof Egyptas faras the greatriver,the riverEuphrates:
The nameof the secondriveris Gihon;it flowsaroundthe wholelandof Cush.
Then the LORDGodtookthe manand puthim into the gardenof Edento cultivateit and keepit.
They settledfrom Havilahto Shurwhichis eastof Egyptas one goestoward Assyria;he settledin defianceof allhis relatives.
the Babyloniansand allthe Chaldeans,Pekodand Shoaand Koa,[and] allthe Assyrianswith them; desirableyoungmen,governorsand officialsallof them, officersand menof renown,allof them ridingon horses.
On the twenty-fourthdayof the firstmonth,while I was by the bankof the greatriver,that is, the Tigris,
Turnand setyour journey,and goto the hillcountryof the Amorites,and to alltheir neighborsin the Arabah,in the hillcountryand in the lowlandand in the Negevand by the seacoast,the landof the Canaanites,and Lebanon,as faras the greatriver,the riverEuphrates.
"Everyplaceon whichthe soleof your foottreadsshall be yours; your borderwill be from the wildernessto Lebanon,[and] from the river,the riverEuphrates,as faras the westernsea.
one sayingto the sixthangelwho hadthe trumpet,"Releasethe fourangelswho are boundat the greatriverEuphrates."
