Chapter 2
Genesis 2:13
RBT Hebrew Literal:
RBT Paraphrase:
And a name of the River of the Duplicate, Burst-Forth. Himself is the Encircler of every self eternal earth of Black ("Cush").
And a name of the River of the Duplicate, Burst-Forth. Himself is the Encircler of every self eternal earth of Black ("Cush").
Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And the name of the second river, Gihon: that surrounding all the land of Cush.
And the name of the second river, Gihon: that surrounding all the land of Cush.
LITV Translation:
And the name of the second river is Gihon. It is the one surrounding all the land of Cush.
And the name of the second river is Gihon. It is the one surrounding all the land of Cush.
ESV Translation:
The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush.
The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And the name of the second river is Gihon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.
And the name of the second river is Gihon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.
Footnotes
| 78 | With definite articles on both “second/double/duplicate” and “river” the ordinal number is not inconsequential but specific to the identity. |
| 79 | Strong’s #1521. Gihon. From giach, “a bursting or breaking forth”. The place where Solomon was anointed King (1 Kin. 1:33). Lower ground near Jerusalem, in a valley of Gihon (2 Chron. 33:14). Hezekiah later closed the upper spring of the Gihon and diverted it underground to a lower pool (2 Chron. 32:30). |