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| | '''13''' And the name of the second river ''is'' [[Gihon river|Gihon]]: the same ''is'' it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.<ref>Identifed as the river Araxes. This river has been claimed by many others as the Nile, due to the Ethiopian name. Descendants of Cush had settled in Ethiopia on the African continent, but they seemed to have been migratory, living in various areas[https://www.gotquestions.org/Cush-in-the-Bible.html]. The origin of the Ethiopian passage here is probably based on a corruption of "Kusheh Dagh", a mountain range in northwestern Iran.[http://www.ramsdale.org/dna6.htm#_ftn103]</ref> | | '''13''' And the name of the second river ''is'' [[Gihon river|Gihon]]: the same ''is'' it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.<ref>Identifed as the river Araxes. This river has been claimed by many others as the Nile, due to the Ethiopian name. Descendants of Cush had settled in Ethiopia on the African continent, but they seemed to have been migratory, living in various areas[https://www.gotquestions.org/Cush-in-the-Bible.html]. The origin of the Ethiopian passage here is probably based on a corruption of "Kusheh Dagh", a mountain range in northwestern Iran.[http://www.ramsdale.org/dna6.htm#_ftn103]</ref> |
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| − | '''14''' And the name of the third river ''is'' [[Tigris|Hiddekel]]<ref>[[Daniel, Chapter 10|Dan 10:4]]</ref>: that ''is'' it which goeth toward the east of Assyria<ref>This river has since been identified as the Tigris, which, along with the Euphrates, allowed for the creation of the Mesopotamian kingdoms and empires.</ref>. And the fourth river ''is'' [[Euphrates]].<ref>The headwaters to these rivers come from the mountains of northwestern Iran, placing Eden in the vicinity of Tabriz.</ref> | + | '''14''' And the name of the third river ''is'' [[Tigris|Hiddekel]]<ref>[[Daniel, Chapter 10|Dan 10:4]]</ref>: that ''is'' it which goeth toward the east of Assyria<ref>This river has since been identified as the Tigris, which, along with the Euphrates, allowed for the creation of the Mesopotamian kingdoms and empires.</ref>. And the fourth river ''is'' [[Euphrates]].<ref>The headwaters to these rivers come from the mountains of northwestern [[Iran]], placing Eden in the vicinity of Tabriz.</ref> |
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| − | '''15''' And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. | + | '''15''' And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the [[garden of Eden]] to dress it and to keep it. |
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| | '''16''' And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: | | '''16''' And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: |
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| − | '''17''' But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. | + | '''17''' But of the tree of the knowledge of good and [[evil]], thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. |
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| | '''18''' And the LORD God said, ''It is'' not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. | | '''18''' And the LORD God said, ''It is'' not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. |