Genesis 2:13

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And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

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In other translations

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

Hebrew words

וְשֵׁם־veshem-and [the] name ofH8034הַנָּהָרhanaharthe riverH5104הַשֵּׁנִיhasheni<the> secondH8145גִּיחוֹןgichon[is] GihonH1521הוּאhu'itH1931הַסּוֹבֵבhasovev[is] the [one which] goes aroundH5437אֵת'et<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605אֶרֶץ'eretz[the] land ofH776כּוּשׁ׃kushCushH3568

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Related verses

Genesis 10:6
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, 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.On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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People and places

Places: Cush (Genesis 2), Gihon (Genesis 2)