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Two Familiar Rivers
Scholars are in strong agreement that the two rivers named in this verse are well-known to us today. The 'Hiddekel' is the Tigris, and the 'Perath' is the Euphrates. Commentators like Ellicott note that the Euphrates was so famous that, unlike the other rivers, it required no further description in the text.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 2:8–14
18th Century
Theologian
8. גן (gan) “garden, park,” παράδεισος (paradeisos) — “an enclosed piece of ground.” עדן (‛ēden
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 2:4–25
19th Century
Bishop
EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.
The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve re…
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 2:10–14
19th Century
Preacher
That river in Eden also reminds us of the pure river of water of life clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
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John Gill
On Genesis 2:14
17th Century
Pastor
The name of the third river is Hiddekel
A river which ran by Shushan in Persia, and retained its name in the times o…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 2:8–14
17th Century
Minister
The place chosen for Adam to live in was not a palace, but a garden. The better we are content with plain things, and the less we seek things to gr…