Genesis 2:13

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

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Interpretation

The place fixed upon for Adam to dwell in, was not a palace, but a garden. The better we take up with plain things, and the less we seek things to gratify pride and luxury, the nearer we approach to innocency.

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This thought runs through Genesis 2:11-15.

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Glossary

Cush Place: Country of burnt faces; the Greek word by which the Hebrew Cush is rendered. Modern identification: Babylon.
Gihon Place: A stream. (1. ) One of the four rivers of Eden ( Gen. 2:13 ). It has been identified with the Nile. Others regard it as the Oxus, or the Araxes, or the Ganges. Modern identification: Nile River.