Genesis 2:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Gihon; not that river in the land of Israel, so called, 1 Kings 1:33 2 Chronicles 32:30; but another of the same name, which in Hebrew signifies, the branch of a greater river: here it is a branch either of Euphrates, as most think, or of Tigris, as some late writers conceive. Ethiopia; not that country in Africa above Egypt, commonly so called; but either Arabia, which in Scripture is frequently called Cush or Ethiopia; of which, See Poole on "2 Kings 19:9", See Poole on "Job 28:19", See Poole on "Ezekiel 29:10", See Poole on "Ezekiel 30:8", See Poole on "Ezekiel 30:9", See Poole on "Habakkuk 3:7". Or rather a country adjoining to India and Persia, with which Cush is joined, Ezekiel 38:5; see also Isaiah 11:11 Ezekiel 27:10; and about which place the Ethiopians are seated by Herod. 1. 7, Homer, Hesiod, and others. Of which see my Latin Synopsis.