Genesis 2:14

¹² And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.

¹³ The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

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

¹⁵ Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

¹⁶ And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
KJV: 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.
WEB: The name of the third river is Hiddekel. This is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which flows forward toward Asshur. And the fourth river, that is Euphrates.
BLB: And the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel; it [is] the one going [along] the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river, it [is] the Euphrates.

ÅB: Den tredje elv heter Hiddekel; det er den som går østenfor Assur. Og den fjerde elv er Frat.
OTB: Navnet på den tredje elven er Tigris; den renner øst for Assyria. Den fjerde elven er Eufrat.
B1930: Den tredje elv heter Hiddekel; det er den som går østenfor Assur. Og den fjerde elv er Frat.

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Daniel 10:4
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,
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Genesis 15:18
On 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—
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Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
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Deuteronomy 1:7
Resume 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.
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Deuteronomy 11:24
Every 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.
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Genesis 10:11
From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
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Genesis 25:18
Ishmael’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.
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Revelation 9:14
saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
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