Genesis 2:12-14

Expanded Bible

¹² The gold of that land is excellent. Bdellium [^Ca sweet-smelling resin like myrrh] and onyx [^Ca precious stone] are also found there. ¹³ The second river, named Gihon [^Ca small stream in Jerusalem (1 Kin. 1:33), but here perhaps referring to another river], flows around the whole land of Cush [^Coften referring to Ethiopia, but here likely a place in Mesopotamia; see 10:7]. ¹⁴ The third river, named Tigris [^Ca major river in Mesopotamia], flows out of Assyria [^Cin northern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq)] toward the east. The fourth river is the Euphrates [^Ca major river in Mesopotamia; the location of Eden is uncertain, but this passage suggests Mesopotamia].