KJV ORIGINAL
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The name of the second river is Gihon, and it flows around the entire land of Ethiopia.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse describes one of the four rivers that flowed from the Garden of Eden, showing how God's creation extended to distant lands.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the description of Eden's geography in Genesis 2:10-14, where four rivers are named as flowing from the garden. The Gihon river is associated with the land of Cush (translated as Ethiopia in the KJV), which in ancient times referred to the region south of Egypt, including modern-day Sudan and parts of Ethiopia.
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