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Genesis 2:14 KJV
Genesis · chapter 2 · verse 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.Genesis 2:14 · King James Version
Genesis 2:14 in context
12And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- HiddekelChiddeqelthe Chiddekel riverH2313 →
- AssyriaʼAshshûwrAshshur, the second son of ShemH804 →
- towardhâlakto walkH1980 →
- fourthrᵉbîyʻîyfourthH7243 →
- thirdshᵉlîyshîythirdH7992 →
- rivernâhâra stream (including the seaH5104 →
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Man consisting of body and soul, a body made out of the earth and a rational immortal soul the breath of heaven, we have, in these verses, the provision that was made for the happiness of both; he that made him took care to make him happy, if he could but have kept himself so and known when he was well off.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-15