Genesis 2:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Dan 10:4 : 4 On the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was beside the great river, the Tigris.
  • Gen 15:18 : 18 That day the LORD made a covenant with Abram:“To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River–
  • Gen 25:18 : 18 His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next to Egypt all the way to Asshur. They settled away from all their relatives.
  • Deut 1:7 : 7 Head out and resume your journey. Enter the Amorite hill country, and into all its neighboring areas, including the rift valley, the hill country, the foothills, the Negev, and the coastal plain– all of Canaan and Lebanon as far as the Great River, that is, the Euphrates.
  • Deut 11:24 : 24 Every place you set your foot will be yours; your border will extend from the desert to Lebanon and from the River(that is, the Euphrates) as far as the Mediterranean Sea.
  • Rev 9:14 : 14 saying to the sixth angel, the one holding the trumpet,“Set free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”
  • Gen 10:11 : 11 From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
  • Gen 10:22 : 22 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

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  • Gen 2:8-13
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    8The LORD God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.

    9The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food.(Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)

    10Now a river flows from Eden to water the orchard, and from there it divides into four headstreams.

    11The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

    12(The gold of that land is pure; pearls and lapis lazuli are also there).

    13The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through the entire land of Cush.

  • 4On the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was beside the great river, the Tigris.

  • 15The LORD God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.

  • 4The water made it grow; underground springs made it grow tall. Rivers flowed all around the place it was planted, while smaller channels watered all the trees of the field.

  • Jer 46:6-7
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    6But even the swiftest cannot get away. Even the strongest cannot escape. There in the north by the Euphrates River they have stumbled and fallen in defeat.

    7Who is this that rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage?

  • 4Your territory will extend from the desert in the south to Lebanon in the north. It will extend all the way to the great River Euphrates in the east(including all of Syria) and all the way to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

  • Jer 13:4-6
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    4“Take the shorts that you bought and are wearing and go at once to Perath. Bury the shorts there in a crack in the rocks.”

    5So I went and buried them at Perath as the LORD had ordered me to do.

    6Many days later the LORD said to me,“Go at once to Perath and get the shorts I ordered you to bury there.”

  • 11From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

  • Ezek 47:3-8
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    3When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured 1,750 feet, and then he led me through water, which was ankle deep.

    4Again he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was now knee deep. Once more he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was waist deep.

    5Again he measured 1,750 feet and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed.

    6He said to me,“Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river.

    7When I had returned, I noticed a vast number of trees on the banks of the river, on both sides.

    8He said to me,“These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the rift valley; when they enter the Dead Sea, where the sea is stagnant, the waters become fresh.

  • 18What good will it do you then to go down to Egypt to seek help from the Egyptians? What good will it do you to go over to Assyria to seek help from the Assyrians?

  • Isa 19:5-6
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    5The water of the sea will be dried up, and the river will dry up and be empty.

    6The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,

  • Gen 3:23-24
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    23So the LORD God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

    24When he drove the man out, he placed on the eastern side of the orchard in Eden angelic sentries who used the flame of a whirling sword to guard the way to the tree of life.

  • 7So look, the Lord is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River– the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks.

  • 18That day the LORD made a covenant with Abram:“To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River–

  • Exod 7:24-25
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    24All the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the Nile.

    25The Second Blow: Frogs Seven full days passed after the LORD struck the Nile.

  • 14saying to the sixth angel, the one holding the trumpet,“Set free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”

  • 2When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

  • 12Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates and dried up its water to prepare the way for the kings from the east.

  • 6Springs would well up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground.

  • 1The Blessing of Victory for God’s People At that time Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations

  • 14Then I will make their waters calm, and will make their streams flow like olive oil, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • 15You broke open the spring and the stream; you dried up perpetually flowing rivers.

  • 4Far from where people live he sinks a shaft, in places travelers have long forgotten, far from other people he dangles and sways.

  • 10I am against you and your waterways. I will turn the land of Egypt into an utter desolate ruin from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border with Ethiopia.

  • 11The LORD will cross the sea of storms and will calm its turbulence. The depths of the Nile will dry up, the pride of Assyria will be humbled, and the domination of Egypt will be no more.

  • 4The river’s channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the Most High.

  • 3Tell them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of its waterways, who has said,“My Nile is my own, I made it for myself.”

  • 4Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood.