Genesis 2:13

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

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Gihon. Ethiopia. Heb. Cush. Genesis 10:6 Isaiah 11:11

¹³ And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.b

Related Commentaries of Genesis 2:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 2:13