Genesis 2:13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

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New International Version
The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.

New Living Translation
The second branch, called the Gihon, flowed around the entire land of Cush.

English Standard Version
The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush.

Berean Standard Bible
The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

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

New King James Version
The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush.

New American Standard Bible
The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush.

NASB 1995
The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush.

NASB 1977
And the name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that went around the whole land of Cush.

Amplified Bible
The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the entire land of Cush [in Mesopotamia].

Christian Standard Bible
The name of the second river is Gihon, which flows through the entire land of Cush.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The name of the second river is Gihon, which flows through the entire land of Cush.

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

Contemporary English Version
The second is the Gihon River that winds through Ethiopia.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The name of the second river is Gihon. This is the one that winds throughout Sudan.

Good News Translation
The second river is the Gihon; it flows around the country of Cush.

International Standard Version
The name of the second river is Gihon— it winds through the entire land of Cush.

Majority Standard Bible
The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

NET Bible
The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through the entire land of Cush.

New Heart English Bible
And the name of the second river is Gihon; it goes around the whole land of Cush.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same that compasseth the whole land of Cush.

World English Bible
The name of the second river is Gihon. It is the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
and the name of the second river [is] Gihon, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;

Young's Literal Translation
and the name of the second river is Gibon, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;

Smith's Literal Translation
And the name of the second river, Gihon: that surrounding all the land of Cush.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia

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.

New American Bible
The name of the second river is the Gihon; it is the one that winds all through the land of Cush.

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

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
And the name of the second river is Gihon, the one which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the name of the second river is Gihon, which goes around to all the land of Kush.

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the name of the second river is Geon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.

Additional Translations ...

Audio Bible

Context

Man and Woman in the Garden
…12And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there. 13The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush. 14The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.…

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Cross References

Revelation 9:14
saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”

Daniel 10:4
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,

Ezekiel 29:3-5
Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’ / But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales. / I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.

Isaiah 11:15
The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.

Isaiah 19:5-10
The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty. / The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither. / The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more. ...

Isaiah 27:12
In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.

Jeremiah 46:7-8
Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn? / Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’

Ezekiel 30:12
I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Ezekiel 31:15
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.

Ezekiel 32:2
“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’

Ezekiel 47:18
On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.

Zechariah 10:11
They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

Psalm 66:6
He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.

Psalm 74:15
You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

Psalm 105:41
He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

Treasury of Scripture

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

Gihon.

Ethiopia.

Genesis 10:6
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

Isaiah 11:11
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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Genesis 2

1. The first Sabbath.
4. Further details concerning the manner of creation.
8. The planting of the garden of Eden, and its situation;
15. man is placed in it; and the tree of knowledge forbidden.
18. The animals are named by Adam.
21. The making of woman, and the institution of marriage.

Berean Study Bible

The name of the second river is Gihon
The word "Gihon" is derived from the Hebrew root "גִּיחַ" (giyach), meaning "to burst forth" or "to gush." This suggests a river that flows with great force and vitality, symbolizing the life-giving and sustaining power of God's creation. In the context of the Garden of Eden, Gihon represents the abundance and provision that God has woven into the fabric of the world. Historically, the identification of Gihon has been a subject of debate, with some associating it with the Nile due to its connection with the land of Cush. This highlights the interconnectedness of God's creation, where rivers serve as lifelines, nourishing the lands they traverse.

it winds through
The phrase "it winds through" indicates a meandering path, suggesting a natural, God-designed course that the river takes. This imagery of winding or flowing can be seen as a metaphor for the journey of faith, which is not always straight or predictable but is guided by divine providence. The river's path is a reminder of the sovereignty of God in directing the course of nature and history. It also reflects the beauty and complexity of creation, where every twist and turn serves a purpose in God's grand design.

the whole land of Cush
"Cush" is traditionally understood to refer to a region south of Egypt, often associated with modern-day Sudan or Ethiopia. The mention of Cush in this context underscores the geographical and cultural breadth of the biblical narrative, illustrating the reach of God's creation beyond the immediate setting of Eden. Cush, as a land known for its rich history and diverse peoples, represents the universality of God's blessings and the inclusivity of His plan for humanity. The river Gihon, by encompassing the whole land of Cush, symbolizes the extension of God's grace and provision to all corners of the earth, reminding believers of the global scope of God's love and the call to spread His message to all nations.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(13) Gihon, "the river that bursts forth," has been supposed to be the Nile, because it is said to wind about Ethiopia (Cush). According to this view, there was originally no break between Asia and Africa, and the Nile, entering Abyssinia from Arabia, took thence a northerly course, and traversed Egypt. But Cush is now known to have signified at this period the southern half of Arabia, and it was not until later times that the name was carried by colonists to Abys. sinia. Moreover Gihon, in Arabic Jaihan, is a common name among the Arabs for a river, and perhaps the Oxus is here meant, which flowed northward from Armenia into the Caspian. Mr. Sayce, however, thinks it is the Araxes, "the river of Babylon," which flowed westward into the desert of Cush, in Arabia (Chald, Gen., p. 84).

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 13. - And the name of the second is the Gihon, or "the bursting," from גֵּיחַ, to break forth. "Deep-flowing," T. Lewis renders it, connecting it with ὡκεανός, and identifying it with Homer's βαθυῥῤόος Ωκεανός. The same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia (Cush). Under the impression that the African Cush was meant, the Alexandrine Jews discovered the Gihon in the Nile - an opinion in which they have been followed by Schulthess, Gesenius, Furst, Bertheau, Kalisch, and others. But Cush, it is now known, describes the entire region between Arabia and the Nile, and in particular the southern district of the former lying between the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. Hence Tayler Lewis finds the Gihon in the ocean water sweeping round the south coast of Arabia. Murphy detects the name Kush in the words Caucasus and Caspian, and, looking for the site of Eden about the sources of the Euphrates and the Tigris in Armenia, thinks the Gihon may have been the leading stream flowing into the Caspian. Delitzsch advocates the claim of the Araxis to be this river.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

The name
וְשֵֽׁם־ (wə·šêm-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

of the second
הַשֵּׁנִ֖י (haš·šê·nî)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

river
הַנָּהָ֥ר (han·nā·hār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5104: A stream, prosperity

[is] Gihon;
גִּיח֑וֹן (gî·ḥō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1521: Gihon -- 'a bursting forth', one of the rivers of Eden, also a spring near Jerusalem

it
ה֣וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

winds through
הַסּוֹבֵ֔ב (has·sō·w·ḇêḇ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

the whole
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

land
אֶ֥רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Cush.
כּֽוּשׁ׃ (kūš)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3568: A son of Ham, also his descendants, also a land in the southern Nile Valley

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