12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin[a](A) and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.[b] 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris;(B) it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:12 Or good; pearls
  2. Genesis 2:13 Possibly southeast Mesopotamia

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

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

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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