Gen 2:13 | TNotes | STEP | 2:13 Gihon: Though unknown, proposals have included the Nile (as in the Greek version of Jer 2:18 ; Josephus, Antiquities 1.1.3), the Jordan, or, according to Jewish tradition, a river that formerly ran through the Kidron Valley (1 Kgs 1:33 ; 2 Chr 33:14 ). • Although Cush is the name of ancient Ethiopia, Mesopotamian regions associated with Babylon seem to be the immediate setting (see 10:8 ); Cush is possibly the land of the Kassites, a dynasty ruling in Babylonia.

bJer 2:18►

c1 Kgs 1:33►

d2 Chr 33:14►

‏ Genesis 2:13

2:13 ^a Gihon: Though unknown, proposals have included the Nile (as in the Greek version of Jer 2:18 ^b; Josephus, Antiquities 1.1.3), the Jordan, or, according to Jewish tradition, a river that formerly ran through the Kidron Valley (1 Kgs 1:33 ^c; 2 Chr 33:14 ^d).

• Although Cush is the name of ancient Ethiopia, Mesopotamian regions associated with Babylon seem to be the immediate setting (see 10:8 ^e); Cush is possibly the land of the Kassites, a dynasty ruling in Babylonia.