Genesis 2:14
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.
KJV
Nomen vero fluminis tertii, Tigris : ipse vadit contra Assyrios. Fluvius autem quartus, ipse est Euphrates.
Vulgate
καὶ ὁ ποταμὸς ὁ τρίτος Τίγρις· οὗτος ὁ πορευόμενος κατέναντι Ἀσσυρίων. ὁ δὲ ποταμὸς ὁ τέταρτος, οὗτος Εὐφράτης.
LXX
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.
ASV
וְ/שֵׁ֨ם הַ/נָּהָ֤ר הַ/שְּׁלִישִׁי֙ חִדֶּ֔קֶל ה֥וּא הַֽ/הֹלֵ֖ךְ קִדְמַ֣ת אַשּׁ֑וּר וְ/הַ/נָּהָ֥ר הָֽ/רְבִיעִ֖י ה֥וּא פְרָֽת
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10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- Dan 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;
- Dan 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;
- Ezek 23:23 — The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding up
- Gen 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:
- Gen 31:21 — So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
- Rev 9:14 — Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.