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Genesis 2:14

AssyriaEuphratesHiddekel

12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

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.

15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

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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

    And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;

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  • Genesis 15:18

    In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

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  • Genesis 10:22

    The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:7

    Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

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  • Deuteronomy 11:24

    Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

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  • Genesis 10:11

    Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

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  • Genesis 25:18

    And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

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  • Revelation 9:14

    Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

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