Genesis 2:11-14
Common English Bible
11 The name of the first river is the Pishon. It flows around the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 That land’s gold is pure, and the land also has sweet-smelling resins and gemstones. [a] 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It flows around the entire land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris, flowing east of Assyria; and the name of the fourth river is the Euphrates.
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- Genesis 2:12 Heb uncertain
Genesis 2:11-14
Contemporary English Version
11 The first one is the Pishon River that flows through the land of Havilah, 12 where pure gold, rare perfumes, and precious stones are found. 13 The second is the Gihon River that winds through Ethiopia.[a] 14 The Tigris River that flows east of Assyria is the third, and the fourth is the Euphrates River.
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- 2.13 Ethiopia: The Hebrew text has “Cush,” which was a region south of Egypt that included parts of the present countries of Ethiopia and Sudan.
Genesis 2:11-14
New Life Version
11 The name of the first is Pishon. It flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 The gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon. It flows around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is Tigris. It flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
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Genesis 2:11-14
Easy-to-Read Version
11 The name of the first river was Pishon. This river flowed around the entire country of Havilah.[a] 12 (There is gold in that country, and that gold is pure. A kind of expensive perfume and onyx are also found there.) 13 The name of the second river was Gihon. This river flowed around the whole land of Cush.[b] 14 The name of the third river was Tigris. This river flowed east of Assyria. The fourth river was the Euphrates.
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- Genesis 2:11 Havilah The land along the west coast of the Arabian peninsula and possibly, the part of Africa south of Ethiopia.
- Genesis 2:13 Cush Usually this means Ethiopia, but here, it probably refers to the area north and east of the Tigris River.
Genesis 2:11-14
New King James Version
11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts (A)the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good. (B)Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is (C)Hiddekel;[a] it is the one which goes toward the east of [b]Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
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- Genesis 2:14 Or Tigris
- Genesis 2:14 Heb. Ashshur
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