Genesis 2 · Verse 13

Genesis 2:13

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
Genesis 2:13, King James Version

Genesis 2:13 in other translations

BSBThe name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
WEBThe name of the second river is Gihon. It is the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
ASVAnd the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
YLTand the name of the second river is Gibon, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;
DARBYAnd the name of the second river is Gihon: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Cush.
BBEAnd the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush.
WebsterAnd the name of the second river is Gihon: the same that compasseth the whole land of Cush.

What does Genesis 2:13 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 2:8-14

The place fixed upon for Adam to dwell in, was not a palace, but a garden. The better we take up with plain things, and the less we seek things to gratify pride and luxury, the nearer we approach to innocency. Nature is content with a little, and that which is most natural; grace with less; but lust craves every thing, and is content with nothing. No delights can be satisfying to the soul, but those which God…

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Genesis 2:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְשֵֽׁם\־ve.shem-and [the] name ofH8034
הַנָּהָ֥רha.na.Harthe riverH5104
הַשֵּׁנִ֖יha.she.Ni<the> secondH8145
גִּיח֑וֹןgi.Chon[is] GihonH1521
ה֣וּאhu'itH1931
הַסּוֹבֵ֔בha.so.Vev[is] the [one which] goes aroundH5437
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֶ֥רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH776
כּֽוּשׁ\׃KushCushH3568

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 2:13

  • 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gihon.The Araxes, which runs into the Caspian sea.
Ethiopia. Heb. Cush.The country of the ancient Cussaei.
10:6; Isa 11:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 2:12

    And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

  • Genesis 2:13

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

  • Genesis 2:14

    And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

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Genesis 2:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El nombre del segundo río es Gihón: éste es el que rodea toda la tierra de Etiopía.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le nom de la seconde rivière est Guihon: c’est elle qui entoure tout le pays de Cush.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der Name des zweiten Flusses: Gihon; dieser ist es, der das ganze Land Kusch umfließt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et nomen fluvii secundi Gehon; ipse est qui circumit omnem terram Æthiopiæ.