Genesis 2:14 “The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side…”

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The name of the third river is Hiddekel. This is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

The name also of the third riuer is Hiddekel: this goeth toward the Eastside of Asshur: and the fourth riuer is Perath)

Darby Translation

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which flows forward toward Asshur. And the fourth river, that is Euphrates.

Young's Literal Translation

and the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel, it [is] that which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is Phrat.

Bible in Basic English

And the name of the third river is Tigris, which goes to the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

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Cross references

“Hiddekel”

Daniel 10:4

Daniel 10:4 · BSB

On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,

“toward the east of”

Genesis 10:11 Genesis 10:22 Genesis 25:18

Genesis 10:11 · BSB

From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

Genesis 10:22 · BSB

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 25:18 · BSB

Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.

“Euphrates”

Genesis 15:18 Deuteronomy 1:7 Deuteronomy 11:24 Revelation 9:14

Genesis 15:18 · BSB

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

Deuteronomy 1:7 · BSB

Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites a…

Deuteronomy 11:24 · BSB

Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.

Revelation 9:14 · BSB

saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

15Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

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