KJV 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.
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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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Genesis 2
11 The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold;
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.
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְשֵׁ֨םH8034 · shemnameהַנָּהָ֤רH5104 · na.harRiverהַשְּׁלִישִׁי֙H7992 · she.li.shithirdחִדֶּ֔קֶלH2313 · chid.de.qelTigrisה֥וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itהַֽהֹלֵ֖ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentקִדְמַ֣תH6926 · qid.maheastאַשּׁ֑וּרH804 · ash.shurAssyriaוְהַנָּהָ֥רH5104 · na.harRiverהָֽרְבִיעִ֖יH7243 · re.vi.ifourthה֥וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itפְרָֽת׃H6578 · pe.ratEuphrates
Cross-references
Daniel 10:4And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which [is] Hiddekel;Genesis 15:18In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:Deuteronomy 11:24Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.Deuteronomy 1:7Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all [the places] nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he died in the presence of all his brethren.Genesis 10:11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,Genesis 10:22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.Revelation 9:14Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
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