And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
WEB
The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
YLT
and the name of the second river is Gibon, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;
DBT
And the name of the second river is Gihon: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Cush.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)