Genesis 2:13
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And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia.

Gihon.

Ethiopia.

Genesis 10:6 And the Sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesram, and Phuth, and Chanaan.

Isaiah 11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand the second time to possess the remnant of his people, which shall be left from the Assyrians, and from Egypt, and from Phetros, and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, and from Sennaar, and from Emath, and from the islands of the sea.

Context
Man and Woman in the Garden
12And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone. 13And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia.14And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.…
Cross References
Genesis 2:11
The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.

Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone.

Genesis 2:14
And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Lexicon
The name
וְשֵֽׁם־ (wə·šêm-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

of the second
הַשֵּׁנִ֖י (haš·šê·nî)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

river
הַנָּהָ֥ר (han·nā·hār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5104: A stream, prosperity

[is] Gihon;
גִּיח֑וֹן (gî·ḥō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1521: Gihon -- 'a bursting forth', one of the rivers of Eden, also a spring near Jerusalem

it
ה֣וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

winds through
הַסּוֹבֵ֔ב (has·sō·w·ḇêḇ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

the whole
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

land
אֶ֥רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

of Cush.
כּֽוּשׁ׃ (kūš)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3568: A son of Ham, also his descendants, also a land in the southern Nile Valley


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

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

And the name of the second river is Geon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.

And the name of the second river is Gihon: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Cush.

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

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same that compasseth the whole land of Cush.

The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.

and the name of the second river is Gibon, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;
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