Genesis 2:14

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“The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.”

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BSBPD

“The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the name of the third river <FI>is<Fi> Hiddekel, it <FI>is<Fi> that which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is Phrat.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 2:14 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 10:11From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
  2. Genesis 10:22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
  3. Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
  4. Genesis 25:18Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
  5. Deuteronomy 1:7Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.
  6. Deuteronomy 11:24Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
  7. Daniel 10:4On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,
  8. Revelation 9:14saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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